| Oh, the maid went down to the well for to wash
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| And the dew fell down from her snow-white flesh
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| The dew fell down from her snow-white flesh
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| As the sun shone down so early
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| And as she washed, as she wrung
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| She hung them out on the hazel wand
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| She hung them out on the hazel wand
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| And by there came a palmer man
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| Oh, God speed you, Old Man, she cries
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| God speed you, you pretty fair maid
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| God speed you, you pretty fair maid
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| As the sun shines down so early
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| Have you got a cup, have you got a can?
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| Can you give a drink to a palmer man?
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| Can you give a drink to a palmer man?
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| As the sun shines down so early
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| Oh, I’ve no cup and I’ve no can
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| And I cannot give a drink to a palmer man
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| And I cannot give a drink to a palmer man
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| As the sun shines down so early
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| You lie, you lie, you are forsworn
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| For if your true love came from Rome
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| Then a cup, a can you’d find for him
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| As the sun shines down so early
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| Now, she swore by God and the good St. John
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| Truelover she had never a one
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| Truelover she had never a one
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| As the sun shines down so early
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| You lie, you lie, you are forsworn
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| For nine children you have born
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| For nine children you have born
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| As the sun shines down so early
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| Oh, there’s three of them lying under your bed-head
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| Three of them under the hearth are laid
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| Three of them under the hearth are laid
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| As the sun shines down so early
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| Three more laying on yonder green
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| Count, fair maid, for that makes nine
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| Count, fair maid, for that makes nine
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| As the sun shines down so early
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| Palmer, oh, Palmer, do tell me
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| Penance that you will give to me
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| Penance that you will give to me
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| As the sun shines down so early
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| Penance I will give thee none
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| But seven years as a stepping stone
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| But seven years as a stepping stone
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| As the sun shines down so early
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| Seven more as a clapper to ring in the bell
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| Seven to run from the apes of hell
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| Seven to run from the apes of hell
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| As the sun shines down so early
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| Welcome, welcome stepping stone
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| Welcome clapper in the bell to ring
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| Welcome clapper in the bell to ring
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| As the sun shines down so early
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| Welcome stone, welcome bell
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| Christ, keep me from the apes of hell
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| Christ, keep me from the apes of hell
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| As the sun shines down so early |