Nottamun Fair
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As I went down to Nottingham Fair
I rode a grey horse they call the Grey Mare
White mane and white tail, green stripe down her back
There's not a hair on her that isn't coal black
She stood so still, she threw me to the dirt
She tore at my skin, she bruisèd my shirt
From saddle to stirrup I mounted again
And on my ten toes I rode over the plain
Met a king and a queen and a company more
A-riding behind and a-walking before
The bells did ring and the people did stare
To see a coach and six horses drawn by a grey mare
But when I got there, not a soul could I see
But ten thousand people stood laughing at me
Stood laughing and chaffing, and making their game
To see my feet off and my shoes going lame
One moonshiny morning, at night when it was dark
It rained and it hailed as I went through the park
Took my hat in my hand for to keep my head warm
Ten thousand got drowned that never was born