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 Go make her up a down-bed

and lay her next the wa'.

O hold away from me kind Sir,

I pray you let me be ;

For I will not go to your bed,

till you dress me dishes three ;

Dishes three you must dress to me,

and I must have them a ,

Before that I lie in your bed,

either at stock or wa’.

O I must have to my supper

a cherry without a stone,

And I must have to my supper

a chicken without a bone ;

And I must have to my supper

a bird wi hout a ga',

Before I he into your bed

either at stock or wa‘,

When the cherry is in the bloom,

I’m sure it hath no stone ,

And when the chicken is in it's shell,

I’m sure it hath no bone ;

The dove it is a gentle bird,

it flies without a ga’

And we shall both lie in ae bed,

and thou s lie next the wa’.

Hold away from me, kind Sir.

I pray you give me o’er,