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Molly Bawn
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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
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Come all you young fowlers
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That handle a gun
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Beware of night rambling
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By the setting of the sun
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And beware of an accident
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That happened of late
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To young Molly Bawn
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And sad was her fate
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She was going to her uncle's
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When a shower came on
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She went under a green bush
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The shower to shun
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With her white apron 'round her
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He took her for a swan
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And he shot her and killed her
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By the setting of the sun
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He ran home to his father's
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With his gun in his hand
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Crying "Father dear father
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I have shot Molly Bawn.
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"I have shot that fair damsel
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I have taken the life
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Of the one I intended
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To take as my wife.
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"She was going to her uncle's
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When a shower came on
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She went under a green bush
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The shower to shun.
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"With her white apron around her
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I took her for a swan
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And I shot her and killed her
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By the setting of the sun."
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"O Jimmy dear Jimmy
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Do not run away
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Do not leave your own country
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Before your trial day.
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Do not leave your own country
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Til your trial come on
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For they never will hang you
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For the killing of that swan.
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The night before Molly's funeral
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Her ghost did appear
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Crying "Uncle dear uncle
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Let Jimmy go clear.
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"I was going to my uncle's
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When a shower came on
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I went under a green bush
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The shower to shun.
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"With my white apron around me
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He took me for a swan
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Won't you tell him he's forgiven
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By his own Molly Bawn."
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All the girls of this country
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They are all glad we know
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To see Molly Bawn
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Brought down so low
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You coul take those fair damsels
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Put them all in one row
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And her beauty will outshine them
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Like a mountain of snow.
"Hard Life" -- Bonnie Prince Billy
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