Early One Morning

Early one morning,
just as the sun was rising.
I heard a maid sing
in the valley below

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Oh, don't deceive me,
oh, never leave me.
How could you use
a poor maiden so

Remember the vows
that you made to your Mary.
Remember the bow'r
where you vowed to be true.

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Oh gay is the garland,
and fresh are the roses
I've culled from the garden
to bind on thy brow.

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Thus sang the poor maiden,
her sorrow bewailing,
thus sang the poor maid
in the valley below.

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