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T: the Humour Is On Me Now   [G]
O: 17th C.
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Z: 2024 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
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W:1.As I went out one morning it being the month of May
W: A farmer and his daughter I spied along my way
W: And the daughter sat down quite calmly to the milking of her cow
W: Saying 'I will and I must get married for the humour is on me now.'
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W:2. And, sure who are you to turn to me, that married young yourself
W: and took my darling mother from off the single shelf,
W: ah, sure, daughter dear go aisy and milk your patient cow
W: for a man may have his humour but the humour is off me now.
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W:3. Well, indeed I'll tell my mother the awful things you say.
W: Indeed I'll tell my mother this very blessed day.
W: Och, now daughter, have a heart, dear, you'll start a fearful row.
W: So I will unless I marry for the humour is on me now.
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W:4. Och, If you must be married will you tell me who's the man.
W: And quickly she did answer: There's William, James, and John.
W: A carpenter, a tailor, and a man to milk the cow,
W: For I will and I must get married for the humour is on me now.
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W:5. A carpenter's a sharp man and a tailor's hard to face
W: With his legs across the table and his threads about the place,
W: and I'm sure John's a fearful tyrant and never lacks a row,
W: But I will and I must get married for the humour is on me now.
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W:6. Well, if you must be married will you tell me what you'll do?
W: 'Sure I will' the daughter answered, 'the same as ma and you.'
W: I'll be mistress of my butter and my dairy and my cow,
W: 'and your husband too, I'll venture, for the humour is on me now.
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W:7. So, at last the daughter married and married well-to-do,
W: And she loved her darling husband for a month, year or two.
W: but John was all a tyrant and she quickly rued her vow,
W: Saying 'I'm sorry that I married for the humor is OFF me now.