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                           (  3  ) My heart is full of sorrow,

as truly well it may :

The cause of this my weeping,

to you it is well known,

Then pity thy sweet Margaret,

and leave me not alone.

I’m compris’d round with sorrow,

more than my strength can bear,

With weeping lamentation,

this truth I must declare.

That sixteen weeks or better,

I‘m gone with child by thee,

And therefore dearest Billy,

vouchsafe to marry me.

Love, I am loath to venture,

the reasons they are plain,

I have been in fierce battle,

and must go there again ;

If I with thee should marry,

and another take tny place,

Then that would, be to me, love,

a shame and foul disgrace.

With that said weeping Margaret,

love, if it must be so,

I will put on man’s apparel,

along with thee I'll go ;

And like a faithful servant man,

upon my dear I'll wait,

And fear no kind of danger,

though they are ne’er so great.