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 AS I WALK'D OUT. As I walk'd out one May morning To hear the birds sing sweet, I sat myaelf dewn in the shade of the grove, To see two Iovem meet. To ee two lovere meet, my dear, And hear what they had to say, I wanted to hear a little of their minds, Before I went away. 'Come sit you down by me my girl, Come sit you down on the green,. It has been three quartera of a !our year,, or more, Since together we have been.* �'I can't sit downf nor I wont sit down, For I've not one moment of timel And more than that you've another true love, And your heart i none of mine. 'Don't you remember, kind sir,' said she, 'As your arm lay around my waist, You'd have made me believe by the false oath you 9WOre, That the sun did arise in the west. 'That the sun did arise in the west, my dear, And then return'd to the east, Alid when I came to my sense5 again I found it was nought but a je ,l never witl believe what a young man says Let him be black, white or brown, Except when he sits on a high gallow top, And says he would fain come down.

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