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T:The Hostess's Daughter
B: Purslow, F, (1972), The Constant Lovers, EDFS, London
S:Ishmael Cornick, Burstock, Dorset, June 1906.
Z:Hammond D 560.
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:5/4     %Meter
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D2 |G2 B2 (D2F2) A2 |d2 d2 (d2c2)
w:Whan first to Lon_ don town I came_
A2 |G2 B2 E2 F2 A2 | c2 B2 G4
w: I took my lodg-ing all at some inn,
 B2 |c2 d2 (e2A2) A2 |B2 c2 d4
w: For full five months_ I did re-main,
e2 |d2 cB (AB) c2 d2 | (cB) (AG) E2 D2
w:But be-ing a stran_ ger I fell_ in_ dan-ger,
 D2 |G2 B2 (D2F2) A2 |c2 B2 G4  |]
w: By do-ing so,_ by do-ing so.
W:When first from London town I came,
W:I took my lodging all at some inn,
W:For full five months I did remain,
W:But being a stranger I fell in danger,
W:By doing so, by doing so.
W:
W:The landlord had one daughter dear,
W:She was a beauty I do declare,
W:But above her garters I dare not go,
W:But being a stranger I fell in danger,
W:By doing so, by doing so.
W:
W:Her ruby lips, her eyes so blue,
W:Which caused me to love her true,
W:I kissed her rosy lips and cheeks,
W:But being a stranger I fell in danger,
W:By doing so, by doing so.
W:
W:The more I kissed her, this girl being young,
W:Her eyes did glisten like the morning sun,
W:In yonder grove I sowed my seed,
W:But being a stranger I fell in danger,
W:By doing so, by doing so.
W:
W:The seeds of love they grew apace,
W:The tears were ever on her face,
W:All for to reap it I could not stay,
W:But being a stranger I fell in danger,
W:By doing so, by doing so.
W:
W:Now when this pretty little babe is born,
W:OH! she must keep it, it is her own,
W:And reap the seeds which I have sown,
W:But being a stranger I fell in danger,
W:By doing so, by doing so.
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