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I met my love out walking in the merry month of May.
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The birds were singing sweetly, and the Lambs did sport and play.
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She told me that she loved me and to me she would prove true.
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"If you will stay with me, my love, then I will stay with you."
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Oh, we walked along the dam and the birds sang loud and gay.
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It was there I met my bonny brunette. She stole my heart away.
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Her cheeks they were like roses red, and her skin as white as snow.
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She is the darling of my heart, the pride of the Springfield Road.
Well, now we are to marry for my love has named the day,
And happy we will be together as we go on our way.
We'll have a charming little house and a garden for to till,
And we'll bring the children up like us to work in the cotton mill.
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Well, I'll bid you all good night and to her parents I must go
To see if they will have me now, or if the answer is no.
She says they'll treat me descent and my glass they'll surely fill,
And they'll drink a health to the bride and groom that work in the cotton
mill.
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Words and music Andy Irvine