The Lovers' Tasks

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w:Go tell him to clear me one a-cre of ground Se-ther-wood,
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w:sale, rose-ma-ry and thyme, Be-twixt_ the sea and the
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w:sea_land side And then he'll be a true lov-er of mine
W:Go tell him to clear me one acre of ground
W:Setherwood, sale, rosemary, and thyme
W:Betwixt the sea and the sealand side
W:And then he'll be a true lover of mine
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W:Go tell him to plough it with a plough of old leather
W:Setherwood, sale, rosemary, and thyme
W:And hoe it all over with a pea-fowl's feather
W:And then he'll be a true lover of mine
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W:Go tell him to plant it with one grain of corn
W:Setherwood, sale, rosemary, and thyme
W:And reap it all down with an old ram's horn
W:And then he'll be a true lover of mine
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W:Go tell her to make me a cambric shirt
W:Setherwood, sale, rosemary, and thyme
W:Without any needle or needle's work
W:And then she'll be a true lover of mine
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W:Go tell her to wash it in yonders well
W:Setherwood, sale, rosemary, and thyme
W:Where never was water nor rain never fell
W:And then she'll be a true lover of mine
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W:Go tell her to hang it on yonders thorn
W:Setherwood, sale, rosemary, and thyme
W:Which never bore flower since Adam was born
W:And then she'll be a true lover of mine