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( 6 ) O Lady fair come tell me then,

For it’s a pity thy love should be

In the station of a single man.

O William Graham is my love’s name,

All these hardships he suffers for me;

But if it should cost me thousands ten,

A single man no more he’s be.

Young Billy Graham was called then,

His own true love once more to see;

But when he saw her well-far’d face,

O the salt tears did blind his e’e.

You’re welcome here my dearest dear,

You’re thrice welcome here unto me;

For there’s not a face so full of grace

Not in the land of Germanie.

With kisses sweet those lovers did meet

Most joyfully, as I am told;

She’s chang’d his dress from worsted lace

To crimson scarlet trimm’d with gold.

But when her cruel father fonnd

His daughter she abroad was gone,

He sent a letter on express,

’Twas to call these two lovers homchome [sic].