Key: A minor
Verse 1
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On Springfield Mountain
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there did dwell a comely youth
and I knew him well
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One Monday morning
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he did go down to the mead
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ows all for to mow
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Well he had not mowed
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but half a field
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when a wicked serpent bit his heel
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He took the scythe an d with a blow
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He laid that wicked serpent low
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He laid the wicked serpent low
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Well he took the serpent all in his hand
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And he quickly went to Molly Bland
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Oh Molly, Molly, oh don't you see
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That wicked serpent what bit me
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Well Molly had a ruby lip
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With which the poison she did sip
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But Molly had a rotten tooth
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An d the poison struck
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and it killed them both
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The poison struck and killed them both
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An d when the neigh
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bours found them dead
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Well they quickly laid them all in one bed
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And all their friends both far and near
They cried and moaned
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for they were so dear
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So come all you maidens
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and a warning take
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From Molly Bland and Tommy Blake
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And mind when you're in love,
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don't you pass
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Too near to patches of thy grass
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Too near to patches of thy grass
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