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The brown girl
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Steeleye Span
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i'm as brown as brown can be,
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my eyes are black as sloe.
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i'm as brick as a night-time nightingale
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as wild as the forest doe.
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my love was high and proud,
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a fortune by his side.
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but a fairer maiden than ever i'll be
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he took to his bride.
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he sent me a letter of love,
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he sent it from the town.
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he wrote to tell me his love was gone
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because i was so brown.
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i sent back his letter of love,
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and in anger i wrote down.
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your love is wasted on such as me,
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because i am so brown.
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i'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day.
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i'll do as much for you as any maiden may.
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i'll make you rue the very day that you were born.
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i'm a bonny brown girl.
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i heard not another word more,
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until six months passed by.
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a doctor said he had a broken heart,
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without me he would die.
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i went to his bedside,
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i walked and never ran.
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i laughed so loud and then louder still
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all at this love-sick man.
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i'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day.
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i'll do as much for you as any maiden may.
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i'll make you rue the very day that you were born.
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i'm a bonny brown girl.
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"i prithee forget," said he,
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"i prithee forget and forgive
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oh, grant me just a little space
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that i may be well and live."
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i'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day.
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i'll do as much for you as any maiden may.
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i'll make you rue the very day that you were born.
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i'm a bonny brown girl.
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i'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day
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for twelve months and a day.
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you'll die for betraying a bonny brown girl
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all on one summer's day.
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i'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day.
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i'll do as much for you as any maiden may.
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i'll make you rue the very day that you were born.
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i'm a bonny brown girl.
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