Kunci: D major
Verse 1
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There was an old widow in Westmorland
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who had no daughter but one
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And she has prayed both night and day she
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should keep her maidenhead long
"Ah, don't be daft, mother," she said,
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"and say no more to me
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For a fine young man in the Grenadier Guards
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my maidenhead's taken from me"
"You saucy cat, you impudent cat,
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a- cursed may you be
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If some idle rogue in the Grenadier Guards your maidenhead's taken from
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thee"
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But the girlie's off to the Grenadier
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Guards as fast as go can she
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Saying "Give me back my maidenhead,
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my mother she nags at me"
So he kissed her and undressed
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her and he laid her on the bed
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And he put her head where her feet were be
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fore and gave back her maidenhead
Then he kissed her and he dressed
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her with a rose in either hand
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Invited her round to St. Mary's church to see his fine wedding
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Oh, the girlie's off to her mammy's
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house as fast as go can she
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"I'm as full a maiden, mammy dear,
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as the day you first bore me
He kissed me and undressed me
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and he laid me on the bed
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Put my head where my feet were before
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and he gave back my maidenhead
Then he kissed me and he dressed me,
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put a rose in either hand and
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Invited me round to St. Mary's
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church to see his fine wedding
"Ah, never on foot," her mammy she said,
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"in a carriage and pair you'll ride
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With four and twenty fine young girls to go with you beside"
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"Ah, who is this?" the bride she said,
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"She comes so high to me"
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"I see it is the widow's daughter who
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ran home and told her mammy"
"How could she do it, how would she do it,
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how could she do it for shame?
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Eleven long nights I lay with a
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man and I never told anyone"
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"If eleven long nights you lay with a man,
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you never shall lie with me
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I'd rather marry the widow's daughter
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who ran home and told her mammy"
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