Joseph Hathaway, Charles Kingsley



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There was a knight and he was young a-riding along the way Sir

And there he met a lady fair among the stacks of hay Sir

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Quote he shall you and I, Lady among the grass lay down oh

And I will take a special care of the rumpling of your gown oh

So she told him

If you will go along with me into my father's hall Sir

You shall enjoy my maiden's head and my estate and all Sir

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So he mounted her on a milk white steed himself upon another

And then they rid upon the road like sister and like brother

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And when they came to father's home all moulded all about Sir

She stepped straight within the gate and shut the young man out Sir

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Here is a pursue of gold she said take it for your pain Sir

And I will send my father's men to go home with you again Sir

And if you meet a lady fair as you go by the town Sir

You must not fear the dewy grass or

The rumpling grass of her gown Sir

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And if you meet a lady gay as you go by the hill Sir

Here is the moral of the story

If you will not when you may you shall not when you will Sir