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One night as I lay on my bed,
strange things there came to pass,
Who did I see at my bed-side,
but a handsome pretty lass.
The first question I asked her;
if that she was a maid,
The answer that she gave to me,
I was once what you said.
The next question that I asked her,
if she was one just now,
The answer that she gave to me,
I am sure I’m one for you.
The next question that I asked her,
if that she would take a man,
The answer that she made to me,
it’s only when I can.
The next question that I asked her,
if along with me she would go,
The answer that she gave to me,
what farther you would know:
Green it is a pretty colour,
before it gets a dip,
And he that gets another man’s wife,
is sure to get the nip.
Green it is, &c.
