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64
The Bridal Gift.
Last night at the Fair I met light-footed Polly
And Nanny from Earsden and bothersome Nell;
And deep blue-eyed Bessy and hazel-eyed Dolly;
But Rosy for sweetness did bear off the bell.
And Nanny from Earsden and bothersome Nell;
And deep blue-eyed Bessy and hazel-eyed Dolly;
But Rosy for sweetness did bear off the bell.
Not Polly nor Dolly nor coy little Bell;
Not Nanny nor Fanny nor sly little Nell;
Not Bessy nor Jessy is loved half so well
As Rosy the posy, ah, no!
Not Nanny nor Fanny nor sly little Nell;
Not Bessy nor Jessy is loved half so well
As Rosy the posy, ah, no!
A scarf did I buy her, with bonny lace laced and
A gay snowy plume in her bonnet to wear;
A wee broider'd girdle to girdle her waist and
A comb meet to comb out her long yellow hair.
A gay snowy plume in her bonnet to wear;
A wee broider'd girdle to girdle her waist and
A comb meet to comb out her long yellow hair.
Not Polly nor Dolly, etc.
A lovely brooch did I buy for her bosom;
A cream-coloured mantle, a lily-white gown;
A garland o'er all of the pure orange blossom;
The ring that will make her for ever my own!
A cream-coloured mantle, a lily-white gown;
A garland o'er all of the pure orange blossom;
The ring that will make her for ever my own!
Not Polly nor Dolly, etc.
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Some gifts to my honey I bought, and had money
Been mine, I to these had link'd castles and lands;
And Nan, Nell and Polly, and Fan, Bell and Dolly
Had danced in her train and obeyed her commands!
Been mine, I to these had link'd castles and lands;
And Nan, Nell and Polly, and Fan, Bell and Dolly
Had danced in her train and obeyed her commands!
Not Polly nor Dolly nor coy little Bell;
Not Nanny nor Fanny, nor sly little Nell;
Not Bessy nor Jessy is loved half so well
As Rosy the posy, ah, no!
Not Nanny nor Fanny, nor sly little Nell;
Not Bessy nor Jessy is loved half so well
As Rosy the posy, ah, no!
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