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 But such a pretty face as this, in it I never saw; Go make her up a down-bed, and lay her next the wa’.

Hold away from me, kind Sir, I pray you let me be; For I'll not go into your bed, till you dress me dishes three. Dishes three you must dress to me, if I should eat them a’; Before that I ly into 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 l must have to my supper, a bird without a ga'; Before I ly 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’s 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 ly in ae bed, and thou’s ly next the wa’.