[Verso 1]

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A bold young farmer courted me 
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He stole my heart and my liberty 
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He stole my heart without free goodwill 
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And I must confess that I love him still 


[Verso 2]

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I wish, I wish but it‘s all in vain 
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I wish I was a maid again 
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But a maid again I never can be 
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Since such a young fellow lies still by me 


[Verso 3]

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There sits a bird in yonder tree 
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Some say he‘s blind and cannot see 
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And I wish it was the same with me 
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Before I took up with your company 


[Verso 4]

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I wish my babe so tiny was born 
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And smiling on his father’ s knee 
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And I poor girl was dead and gone 
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With the green grass growing all over me 


[Verso 5]

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Go dig my grave, dig long and deep 
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Place a marble stone at my head and feet 
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And on my heart put a snow white dove 
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To let the world know that I died for love