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Version 1

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T:The Knight And The Shepherds Daughter
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K:G
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w:It's of a pret-ty shep-her-dess Kept
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w:sheep all on the plain Who
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w:should ride by but - Knight Will-iam And-
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w:he was drunk with wine
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w:Line twine the wil-low and the dee.
W:
W:1
W:It's of a pretty shepherdess
W:Kept sheep all on the plain
W:Who should ride by but Knight William
W:And he was drunk with wine
W:
W:ch
W:Line twine the willow and the dee
W:
W:2
W:You've stolen all my heart young sir
W:Yourself you are to blame
W:So if your vows are made in truth
W:Pray tell to me your name
W:
W:3
W:O some do call me Jack, he said
W:And some do call me John
W:But when I'm in the fair King's court
W:My name is Sweet William
W:
W:4
W:He mounted on his milk white steed
W:Ans away then he did ride
W:She tied a handkerchief round her waist
W:And rode by the horses side.
W:
W:5
W:She rode til she came to the rivers side
W:She fell on her belly and swam
W:And when she came to the other side
W:She took to her heels and ran.
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W:6
W:She ran til she came to the Kings fair court
W:She pull-ed at the ring
W:There was none so ready as the King himself
W:To let this fair maid in.
W:
W:7
W:Good morning to you, my pretty maid
W:Good morning sir, said she
W:You have a knight all in your court
W:This day has a-robbed me.
W:
W:8
W:O has he robbed you of your gold
W:Or has he robbed your fee?
W:Or has he robbed you of the rarest brach
W:That grows in your body.
W:
W:9
W:He has not robbed me of my gold
W:Nor any of my fee
W:But he has robbed me of the rarest brach
W:That grows in my body.
W:
W:10
W:Here's twenty pounds for you, he said
W:All wrap-ped in a glove
W:And twenty pounds for you, he said
W:To seek some other love.
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W:11
W:I will not have your twenty pounds
W:Nor any of your fee
W:But I will have the the King's fair kn ight
W:This day to marry me
W:
W:12
W:The King called up his merry men all
W:By one, by two, by three
W:Young William once the foremost was
W:But now behind came he.
W:
W:13
W:Accurs-ed be that very hour
W:That I got drunk by wine
W:To have the farmer's daughter here
W:To be a true love of mine
W:
W:14
W:If I a farmer's daughter Am
W:Pray leave me all alone
W:If you make me a lady of a thousand lands
W:I can make thee a lord of ten.
W:
W:15
W:The dog shall eat the flour you sowed
W:And thou shall eat the bran
W:I'll make thee rue the day and hour
W:That ever thou wast born.
W:
W:16
W:He mounted on his milk-white steed
W:And she on her pony grey
W:He threw the bugle round his neck
W:And together they rode away.
W:
W:17
W:The very next town that they came to
W:The wedding bells did ring
W:And the very next church that they came to
W:There was a gay wedding.

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Country of origin: England

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