As I walked out on a midsummer's morning<br />
For to view the fields and to take the air<br />
Down by the banks of the sweet primroses<br />
There I beheld a most ?love lie? fair<br />
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Three short steps, I stepped up to her<br />
Not knowing her as she passed me by<br />
I stepped up to her, thinking for to view her<br />
She appeared to be like some virtuous bride<br />
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I says "Fair maid, where are you going?<br />
And what's the occasion of all your brief?<br />
I will make you as happy as any lady<br />
If you will grant to me one small relief"<br />
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"Stand off, stand off, you're a false deceiver<br />
You are a false deceitful man, I know<br />
'Tis you that has caused my poor heart to wander<br />
And in your comfort lies no refrain"<br />
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So I'll go down to some lonesome valley<br />
Where no man on earth shall there me find<br />
Where the pretty little small birds do change their voices<br />
And every moment blows blusterous wind<br />
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So come all young men who go a-sailing<br />
Pray pay attention to what I say<br />
For there's many a dark and a cloudy morning<br />
Turns out to be a sunshiny day