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LITTLE MUSGRAVE AND LADY BARNARD—N

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Communicated by Miss Margaret Reburn, as heard in County Meath, Ireland, about 1860.

1

How do you like my rug?’ he said,
‘And how do you like my sheets?
And how do you like my false ladie,
That lies in your arms asleep?’

2

‘Well I like your rug my lord,
And well I like your sheets;
But better than all your fair ladie,
That lies in my arms asleep.’