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72 Ballads and Songs of Michigan
7 My mistress swore against me and straightway I was brought. |
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A long time I pleaded guildess, but nothing would prevail, My mistress swore against me and I was sent to jail.
8 All you that stand around me,
Don't glory in my downfall, but come and pity me. Farewell to charming Sally, the handsome chambermaid. Farewell to charming Sally, I must die for loving you. |
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The Sherfield Printice
The Gernsey manuscript. A text of eight stanzas similar to A. |
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