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‘As I went down to Shrewsbury Town,

I came by luck on a silver crown:

And what shall I buy with that, said I,

What shall I buy in Shrewsbury Town?

As I went down to Shrewsbury Town

I saw my love in a dimity gown:

And all so gay I gave it away,

I gave it away—my silver crown.’

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