A fair young maid went up the street
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some white fish for to by
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a bonnie clerk¡®s fall¡®n in love with her
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and he followed her by and by
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oh where are you going my bonnie lass
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I pray thee tell to me
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oh if the night be never so dark
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I¡®ll come and visit thee
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my father locks the door at ten
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my mother keeps the key
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if you were never such a roving blade
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you¡®d never win - in to me
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but the clerk he had a brother
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and a wily wag was he
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he¡®s made him a long ladder
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with thirty steps and three
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the Rold wife she was standing by
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she heard a word was said
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I could lay my life, says the silly old wife
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there¡®s a man in our daughter¡®s bed
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the old man he got out of bed
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to see if the thing was true
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but she¡®s taken the bonny clerk in her arms
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and covered him o¡®er with blue
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up then got the old silly wife
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to see if it were true
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and she fell arselins in the creel
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and up the string they drew
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if that foul thief has gotten you
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may he hold you so tight
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for you¡®ll never stay in your bed
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nor rest with me at night
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he¡®s towed her up, he¡®s towed her down
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and given her a right down - fall
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till every rib an the old wife¡®s side
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played nick - nack on the wall
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oh the blue, the bonnie bonnie blue
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and I wish it may do well
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and every old wife that¡®s jealous of her daughter
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get a good kech in the creel
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The Keach In The Creel
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Subway To Sally |