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Willie Taylor was a brisk young sailor |
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He who courted a lady fair |
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Bells were ringing, sailors singing |
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As to church they did repair |
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Thirty couples were at their wedding |
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All were dressed in rich array |
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But instead of William being married |
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He was pressed and sent away |
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She dressed herself in man's apparel |
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Man's apparel she put on |
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And she's gone to find her true love William |
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For to find him she is gone |
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Then the captain stepped up to her |
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Asking her "What's brought you here?" |
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"Oh, I have come to seek my true love |
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Who I've lately loved so dear." |
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"Well if you've come to seek your true love, |
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Tell me what his name may be." |
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"Oh, his name, it's William Taylor. |
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From the Irish ranks came he." |
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"You rise early tomorrow morning, |
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You rise up at break of day, |
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There you'll see your true love William |
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Walking with some lady gay." |
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So she rose up the very next morning |
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She rose up at break of day |
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And there she saw her true love William |
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Walking with some lady gay |
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Sword and pistol she then ordered |
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To be brought at her command |
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And she shot her true love William Taylor |
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With his bride on his right hand |
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Now if all young folks in Kells or Dublin |
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Were server the same as she served he |
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Then young girls would all be undone |
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How very scarce young men would be |
