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T:Rosemary Lane
B: Purslow, F, (1968), The Wanton Seed, EDFS, London
S:William Bartlett, Wimborne Union, Dorset, 1903
Z:Hammond D153
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:As I lived at serv-ice in Rose-ma-*ry Lane,
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w: I gained the good-will of my mas-ter and dame;
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w:Sweet Will-liam came by_ one night for to lie;_
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w:And that's the be-gin-ning of my mis-*er-y
W:As I lived in service in Rosemary Lane,
W:I gained the goodwill of my master and dame;
W:Sweet William came by one night for to lie;
W:And that's the beginning of my misery.
W:
W:Now he called for a candle to light him to bed,
W:Likewise a silk cap to tie round his head,
W:For to tie round his head as he used to do,
W:And he said, "Pretty Nancy, will you come to bed, too?"
W:
W:So poor little Nancy she thought it no harm,
W:She jumped into bed for to keep herself warm,
W:Oh! what they done there they will never declare,
W:But they wished that short night had been seven long year.
W:
W:Oh! early next morning sweet William arose,
W:And into her bosom threw handfuls of gold,
W:"Oh! this I will give you and more will I give,
W:If you'll be my true love as long as I live."
W:
W:Oh! if you have a baby, you put it out to nurse,
W:And sit like a lady with gold in your purse;
W:With gold in your purse and milk in your breast,
W:Oh! that's what you got from sweet William from the West.
W:
W:Oh! if it be a son it shall fight for the king,
W:And if it be a daughter it shall wear a gold ring,
W:It shall wear a gold ring and its top-knot shall blow,
W:And that's what you got from sweet William, true blue."