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Oxford City
03:30
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In Oxford City lived a lady
And she was beautiful and fair
And she was courted by a sailor
And he did love her as his dear
He said my dear let us get married
Let us now no longer stay
I’ll work for you both late and early
if you my wedded bride will be
This girl she loved him but at a distance
She did not seem to be quite so fond
He said my dear you seem to slight me
I’m sure you love some other man
He saw her dancing with some other
A jealous thought came to his mind
And to destroy his own true lover
He gave to her a glass of wine
So soon she drank it so soon she felt it
Oh hold me fast my dear said she
Is it that glass of wine you gave me
That takes my innocent life away
That glass of wine now which I gave you
That glass of wine did poison hide
For if you won’t be my true lover
You’ll never be no other man’s bride
That glass of wine now which I gave you
Oh I have drinked of the same said he
So in each other’s arms we’ll die now
To warn young men of jealousy
Oh hark oh hark the cocks are crowing
The daylight now will soon appear
And in my cold cold grave I am going
And it’s you Willie has called me there
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Lucy Wan
04:18
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Lucy she sits in her father's door
Weeping and making moan
By in comes her brother dear
What ails thee Lucy Wan
I ail I ail dear brother she cries
I'll tell you the reason why
There is a child between my sides
Between you dear brother and I
Hast thou told our mother of this
And hast thou told of me
It's your fine form I cannot resist
I must spoil your pretty body
Lucy she saw him draw the knife
That's hung down by his knee
And he he has took fair Lucy's life
And left her there to bleed
He has run down to the dock
To board some ship to flee
His face all white and ill with shock
When he his mother did see
What is the blood that stains your knife
That runs so fresh and raw
That is the blood of my good greyhound
For she would run no more
The greyhound's blood is never so red
Son come tell to me
Then it is the blood of my good grey mare
She would not ride for me
Oh the grey mare's blood is never so red
Son you lie to me
It is not the blood of my good grey mare
But the blood of our Lucy
By night he laid down his head
Upon the cold dark sea
A spirit drew up by his bed
Vengeance for to seek
Lucy she appeared so fine
Her body cut in three
Brother I will haunt thy mind
For what you did to me
By he is possessed with shame
He ails with guilt and dread
He's pushed the knife in his own heart
And now he's laid there dead
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Alone Maids Do Stray
02:38
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cw: rape
As I rode out one morning in May
I spied a pretty fair maid, alone she did stray
A finer young maiden I never did see
I bid her good morning come wander with me
Kind Sir I can see your robes they are grand
The gloves are costly that cover your hands
I'm a poor young maiden whose status is low
So not to insult you my answer is no
I care not for riches or kings in their courts
I seek to lie with you by persuasion or force
I drew up to the maiden so fair and so fine
Your lily-white body it soon will be mine
I took her by the hand and the middle so small
I laid her down in the rushes so tall
I raped her in the green bush that morning in May
These things they can happen when alone maids do stray
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Peacock Followed the Hen
03:50
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Aal the neet ower and ower and
Aal the neet ower again
Aal the neet ower and ower
the peacock follows the hen
The cock is a dainty dish
The hen is all hollow within
There’s nee deceit in a puddin
A pie’s a dainty thing
Tastier is the puddin that
Sits on the counter top
Pastry is made by rubbing
The water in drop by drop
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O The Bonny Fisherlad
03:39
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O the bonny fisher lad
that brings the fishes from the sea
O the bonny fisherlad
the fisherlad got haad a me
O on Bamburgh’s rocky shore
just as you enter Boulmer Raw
There lives the bonny fisher lad
the fisherlad that bangs em all
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Frankie Archer Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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