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O hearken and hear, and I will you tell
Sing, Faldidae, faldidadi
Of a friar that loved a fair maiden well.
Sing, Faldi dadi di di (bis) |
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The friar he came to this maiden's bedside,
And asking for her maidenhead. |
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'O I would grant you your desire,
If 'twerena for fear o hell's burning fire.' |
| 4 |
'O hell's burning fire ye need have no doubt;
Altho you were in, I could whistle you out.' |
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'O if I grant to you this thing,
Some money you unto me must bring.' |
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He brought her the money, and did it down tell;
She had a white cloth spread over the well. |
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Then the fair maid cried out that her master was come;
'O,' said the friar, 'Then where shall I run?' |
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'O ye will go in behind yon screen,
And then by my master ye winna be seen.' |
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n in behind the screen she him sent.
But he fell into the well by accident. |
| 10 |
Then the friar cried out with a piteous moan,
O help! O help me! or else I am gone. |
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'Ye said ye wad whistle me out o hell;
Now whistle your ain sel out o the well.' |
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She helped him out and bade him be gone;
The friar he asked his money again. |
| 13 |
'As for your money, there is no much matter
To make you pay more for jumbling our water.' |
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Then all who hear it commend this fair maid
For the nimble trick to the friar she played. |
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friar he walked on the street,
And shaking his lugs like a well-washen sheep. |
