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the brown and the yellow ale
As I walked down the road one fine summers morning,Oh, the brown and the yellow aleI met with a young man without any warningOh, love of my heartHe asked me if the woman by my side was my daughterOh, the brown and the yellow aleAnd when I said she's my wife his manner didn't alterOh, love of my heartHe asked me if I'd lend her for an hour and a day,Oh, the brown and the yellow aleI said, "if she thinks that's fair you can take her away."Oh, love of my heartThen you take the high road and I'll be off with herOh, the brown and the yellow aleAnd I'll meet you again by the ford of the river.Oh, love of my heartI waited by that ford for an hour and a quarterOh, the brown and the yellow aleAnd when she came to me, 'twas without shame I saw her.Oh, love of my heartWhen she told me her story, sure I lay down and I died,SongtexteOh, the brown and the yellow aleShe sent two men for timber, and she never even cried.Oh, love of my heartA board of elder and a board of holly,Oh, the brown and the yellow aleAnd three great yards of a shroud all about me.Oh, love of my heartIf me own little mother, she had never been a woman,O the brown and the yellow aleI would tell you many's another tale about women.Oh love of my heart
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