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(4) To whom dear huſband? the wife did reply, To one of our tenants that liveth hard by, With that the mother in a paſſion did run, Go call my ſon to me or elſe I'm undone.

He came in her preſence; when ſhe ſaw his face, O ſon thou haſt brought us to ſhame and diſgrace, By wedding of one not fitting for thee, O I am not married dear mother ſaid he.

The ſon on his knees to his father did cry, O do not part me from my jewel I pray, If I were a lord of ten thouſand a year, I'd part with it all for the ſake of my dear.

The father in a paſſion to his ſon did ſay, I'll lock you up in my cloſet ſtraightway, And for your dear jewel that you lov'd ſo dear, I'll have her tranſported, you never ſhall hear,

What way ſhe's gone or what way ſhall go, Or where for to find her thou ſhalt never know. With that the young lord fell on his bare knees, Dear father and mother pray do as you pleaſe.

Now I'll leave the young lord in tears to mourn And unto the poor farmer's daughter return, She knowing his father would ſend her away, She went to the taylor that very ſame day.

And bargain'd with him for a livery of green, For coat, veſt and britches ſo neat and ſo trim, She got a black bag, and ſhe tyd up her hair, And then for her journey ſhe ſtraight did prepare.

She went to the town where the lord did dwell, Good people pray mind, and I quickly ſhall tell, This led ſent his ſervant to bring her with ſpeed, In order to have her tranſported indeed.

They came to her father and this they did ſay, We come for your daughter to ſend her away, You may go look for her the father did cry, If I loſe my child, I'll certainly die.