Key: G minor
Verse 1
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As I walked out
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and the lambs did play.
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The birds did sing
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and the lambs did play,
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I met an old man by the way.
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His head was bald, his beard was grey,
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His coat was of a metal shade.
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I asked him what strange country man,
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or what strange place he
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did belong.
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My name is death,
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cannot you see?
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bowed down to me.
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And you are one of those branches three,
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and you, fair maid,
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must come with me.
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I'll give you gold and jewels rare,
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I'll give you costly robes to wear,
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I'll give you all my wealth in store
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if you'll let me live a few years
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more
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Fair lady, lay your robes aside,
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No longer glory in your bride,
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And our sweet night,
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make no delay,
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Your time is come, your time is come,
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and you must away.
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And not long after this fair maid died,
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Right on my tomb the lady cried,
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Here lies a poor dis
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tressed maid,
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whom death now lightly hath betrayed.
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You
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