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three maidens a-milking did go |
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and the wind it did blow high and the wind it did blow low |
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it tossed their petticoats to and fro |
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they met with some young man they know |
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and they boldly asked him if he had any skill |
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to catch them a small bird or two |
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oh yes i've a very good skill |
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and it's come along with me to yonder flowering tree |
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and i'll catch a small bird or two |
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so off to the greenwood went they |
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and it's off to the greenwood went they |
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and he tapped at the bush and the bird it did fly in |
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a little above her lilywhite knee |
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her sparkling eyes they did turn around |
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just as if she had been all in a swoon |
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and she cried "i've a bird and a very pretty bird |
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and he's pecking away at his own ground" |
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here's health to the bird in the bush |
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and we'll drink up the sun, we'll drink down the moon |
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let the people say little or much |