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As I went out walking' one morning in June |
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To view the fair fields' and the valleys in bloom; |
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I spied a pretty fair maid' she appeared like a queen' |
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With her costly fine robes and her mantle so green |
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Says I' my pretty fair maid' wont you come with me' |
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We’ll both join in wedlock' and married we’ll be; |
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I will dress you in fine linen' you’ll appear like a queen' |
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With your costly fine robes and your mantle so green. |
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Says she' now my young man' you must be excused' |
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For I’ll wed no man' so you must be refused; |
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To the green woods I will wander and shun all men’s view |
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For the boy I love dearly lies in farmed waterloo. |
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Well if you’re not married' say your lover’s name |
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I fought in that battle' so I might know the same. |
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Draw near to my garment' and there you will see |
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His name is embroidered on my mantle so green. |
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In the ribbon of her mantle' there I did behold' |
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His name and his surname' in letters of gold |
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Young William O’Riley' appeared in my view |
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He was my chief comrade back in farmed waterloo |
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And as he lay dying' I heard his last cry |
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“If you were here lovely Nancy I’d be willing to die” |
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And as I told her this story' in anguish she flew' |
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And the more that I told her' the paler she grew |
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So I smiled on my Nancy' ‘twas I broke your heart' |
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In your fathers garden' that day we did part |
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And this is the truth' and the truth I declare' |
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Oh here’s your love token the gold ring I wear. |
