Girl From The Hiring Fair

	  		

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I went down to the hiring fair, for to sell my labour,  
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and I noticed a maid in the very next row and I hoped that she’d be my  
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neighbour. 
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Imagine then o my delight when the farmer picked us both. 
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I spoke not a word in the cart to the farm but my heart beat in my throat. 


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My lodging was dry and my master fair and I gave him full measure, 
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But my envy grew like the corn in the field for in his house was my treasure. 
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And I’d watch her carry water or drive cows from the byre, 
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And the heat from the sun made the corn grow strong and with it my desire 

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I’d see her in my dreaming and in my dreams caress. 
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Her eyes her lips and her dark brown hair the curves beneath her dress. 
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When harvest time it came at last so heavy was the task  
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That the women and the men worked side by side and I had her near at last. 
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So I swung harder with my scythe few words between us passed, 
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And I cursed my tongue tied youthfulness and I hoped that she’d hear my  
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heart. 
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When all was safely gathered in and we sat down to rest 
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My trembling fingers touched her arm and she placed them on her breast. 
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And she turned to me as the sun went down and all my senses reeled, 
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As we lay there on the scented ground and the moon rose over the field. 


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She was safely gathered in my arms when from the barn 
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Drifted the sound of the violin and we hurried back to the farm. 
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And all were dancing in the lantern light and music filled the air 
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And I thanked my stars for the harvest moon and the girl from the hiring 
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fair. 

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And all were dancing in the lantern light and music filled the air, 
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And I thanked my stars for the harvest moon, and the girl from the hiring  
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fair.