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Says the proud King of France,
 * If England you do win,

My daughter you shall marry,
 * And that is a fine thing!

O no! O no! says Charlie,
 * I'll not venture my sweet life;

For if I am killed,
 * I've no need of a wife.
 * O no, no! &c.

Should I venture my sweet life
 * Into the Lion's paw,

It's all for the being of
 * A King's Son-in-law;

While the jolly hearts of British boys
 * My life they would destroy,

While I an pursuing
 * Those rights to enjoy.
 * O no, no! &c.

But now I am a-going
 * To fair Italy,

Where the face of a Britainer
 * I never with to see;

If your Daughter never get married
 * Till Old England I invade,

She may die an old maid,
 * Without a tooth in her head!
 * O no, no! &c.