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This song has been compared to a song usually called "The
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Will you take a man, my pretty fair maid? Will you take a man, my honey?
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Where are you going, my pretty fair maid? Where are you going, my honey?
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She did come down and let me in, and I lay in her arms till morning.
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The drum and fife are my delight, and a pint of rum in the morning.
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I will come down and let you in, and my mummy shall not hear me.
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How old are you, my pretty fair maid? How old are you, my honey?
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She answered me right cheerfully, I darst not for my mummy.
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For I have got a wife at home And how can I disdain her?
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