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love that I have chosen, I‘ll therewith be content, The salt sea shall be frozen before that I repent; Repent it shall I never, until the day I die, But the lowlands of Holland, hath twin’d my love and me.

My love is on the salt sea, and I'm upon the side ’Nough to break a young thing’s heart, who lately was a bride, Who lately was a bonny bride, most pleasant for to see, But the lowlands of Holland, hath twin’d my love and me.

There shall no shirt go on my back, nor comb go in my hair, Neither shall coal nor candle light shine in my bower mair, Nor shall I choose another love, until the day I die: Since the lowlands of Holland, hath twin’d my love and me.