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Hedger and Ditcher

Maddy Prior & June Tabor
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My father's a hedger and ditcher My mother does nothing but spin They say I'm a pretty young girl But the money comes slowly in Oh dear, what shall become of me? Oh dear, what shall I do? There's nobody coming to marry me Nobody coming to woo The dog he began to bark And I looked out to see I saw two young men out a-hunting But nobody's hunting for me Oh dear, what shall become of me? Oh dear, what shall I do? There's nobody coming to marry me Nobody coming to woo Oh, must I die an old maid? Oh dear, how shocking the thought! There's nobody coming to marry me Surely it's not my own fault My father's a hedger and ditcher My mother does nothing but spin They say I'm a pretty young girl But the money comes slowly in Oh dear, what shall become of me? Oh dear, what shall I do? There's nobody coming to marry me Nobody coming to woo