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It is a pretty ſtory,

a ſtory you ſhall hear,

Of a jolly light dragoon,

as plainly doth appear:

He courted a rich lady,

of honour, birth and fame,

And thought to gain her ſavour,

but it was all in vain

Her father was a noble Knight,

a man of high renown,

And for to marry a ſoldier,

twould pull our honour down:

For your birth and his birth,

they never will agree,

So pray young man take your anſwer,

and ſo begone from me.

For an anſwer it is more

than ever I would take,

For I would lay down my life,

all for the lady's ſake.

Soon as the Lady heard this,

her heart began to bleed;

Then ſtraightway the lady and dragoon

were married with ſpeed.