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( 3 ) One night as I lay on my bed,

strange things there came to pass,

Who did I see at my bed-side,

but a handsome pretty lass.

The first question I asked her;

if that she was a maid,

The answer that she gave to me,

I was once what you said.

The next question that I asked her,

if she was one just now,

The answer that she gave to me,

I am sure I’m one for you.

The next question that I asked her,

if that she would take a man,

The answer that she made to me,

it’s only when I can.

The next question that I asked her,

if along with me she would go,

The answer that she gave to me,

what farther you would know:

Green it is a pretty colour,

before it gets a dip,

And he that gets another man’s wife,

is sure to get the nip.

Green it is, &c.