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The Pied Straw

There was an old farmer

and he had a handsome wife

and another man loved her

just as dearly as he loved his life

and they often talked and tumbled

amongst the barley and among the straw

 

so early next morning

the old man he had rised

pulled a knife from his pocket

to kill that man and his wife

 

she said dear husband do forgive me

I never done the likes of this before

but its my country fashion

to play among the barley and among the straw