The Blacksmith
Traditional


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A blacksmith courted me, nine months and better
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He fairly won my heart, wrote me a letter
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With his hammer in his hand he looked so clever
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And if I was with my love I'd live forever


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But where is my love gone, with his cheeks like roses?
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And his good black billycock on, decked with primroses
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I'm afraid the scorching sun will shine and burn his beauty
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And if I was with my love I'd do my duty


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Strange news has come to town, strange news is carried
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Strange news flies up and down that my love is married
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I wish them both much joy though they don't hear me
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And may God reward him well for the slighting of me


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What did you promise, love, when you sat beside me?
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You said you'd marry me and not deny me
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If I said I'd marry you it was only for to try you
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So bring your witness love and I'll ne'er deny you


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Oh witness have I none save God Almighty
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And He'll reward you well for the slighting of me
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Her lips grew pale and wan, it made her poor heart tremble,
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To think she'd loved the one and he proved deceitful