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Doll's boy's asleep | |
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under a stile | |
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he sees eight and twenty | |
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ladies in a line | |
| 5 |
the first lady |
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says to nine ladies | |
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his lips drink water | |
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but his heart drinks wine | |
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the tenth lady | |
| 10 |
says to nine ladies |
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they must chain his foot | |
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for his wrist's too fine | |
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the nineteenth | |
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says to nine ladies | |
| 15 |
you take his mouth |
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for his eyes are mine. | |
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Doll's boy's asleep | |
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under the stile | |
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for every mile the feet go | |
| 20 |
the heart goes nine |
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