The Banks of Sweet Primroses
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As I walked out one midsummer's morning
For to view the fields and the flowers so gay
'Twas there on the banks of the sweet primroses
That I beheld a most pleasant maid
Three long steps I stepped up to her
Not knowing her as she passed me by
I stepped up to her thinking for to view her
She appeared to me like some virtuous bride
I said, "Fair maid, what makes you wander?
What is the cause of all your grief?
I will make you as happy as any lady
If you will grant me one small relief"
"Stand off, young man, and don't be so deceitful
For 'tis you that's the cause of all my pain
It is you that has caused my poor heart to wander
And to find me comfort, it's all in vain"
"I will go down to some lowly valley
Where no man on earth there shall me find
Where the pretty little small birds do change their voices
And every moment blow blusterous wind"
Where the pretty little small birds do change their voices
And every moment blow blusterous wind