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There was a lady, she lived in Lurk,
Sing hey alone and alonie O
She fell in love with her father's clerk.
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She loved him seven years and a day,
Sing hey alone and alonie O
Till her big belly did her betray.
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She leaned her back unto a tree,
Sing hey alone and alonie O
And there began her sad misery.
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She set her foot unto a thorn,
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And there she got her two babes born.
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She took out her wee pen-knife,
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She twind them both of their sweet life.
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She took the sattins was on her head,
Sing hey alone and alonie O
She rolled them in both when they were dead.
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She howkit a grave forenent the sun,
Sing hey alone and alonie O
And there she buried her twa babes in.
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As she was walking thro her father's ha,
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She spied twa boys playing at the ba.
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'O pretty boys, if ye were mine,
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I would dress ye both in the silks so fine.'
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'O mother dear, when we were thine,
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Thou neer dressed us in the silks so fine.
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'For thou was a lady, thou livd in Lurk,
Sing hey alone and alonie O
And thou fell in love with thy father's clerk.
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'Thou loved him seven years and a day,
Sing hey alone and alonie O
Till thy big belly did thee betray.
Down by yon greenwood sidie O |
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'Thou leaned thy back unto a tree,
Sing hey alone and alonie O
And there began thy sad misery.
Down by yon greenwood sidie O |
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'Thou set thy foot unto a thorn,
Sing hey alone and alonie O
And there thou got thy two babes born.
Down by yon greenwood sidie O |
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'Thou took out thy wee pen-knife,
Sing hey alone and alonie O
And twind us both of our sweet life.
Down by yon greenwood sidie O |
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'Thou took the sattins was on thy head,
Sing hey alone and alonie O
Thou rolled us both in when we were dead.
Down by yon greenwood sidie O |
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'Thou howkit a grave forenent the sun,
Sing hey alone and alonie O
And there thou buried thy twa babes in.
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'But now we're both in [the] heavens hie,
Sing hey alone and alonie O
There is pardon for us, but none for thee.'
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'My pretty boys, beg pardon for me!'
Sing hey alone and alonie O
'There is pardon for us, but none for thee.'
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