Her Mantle So Green

	  		
Intro 
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verse 1 
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As I went out walking, one morning in June 
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To view the fair fields, and the valleys in bloom; 
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I spied a pretty fair maid, she a-ppeared like a queen, 
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With - her costly fine robes and her mantle so green  

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verse 2 
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Says I, my pretty fair maid, won’t you come with me, 
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We'll both join in wedlock, and married we'll be; 
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I will dress you in fine linen, you'll a-ppear like a queen, 
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With - your costly fine robes and your mantle so green. 

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verse 3 
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Says she, now my young man, you must be ex-cused, 
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For I'll wed with no man, so you must be re-fused; 
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To the green woods I will wander and shun all men's view 
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For - the boy I love dearly lies in famed Water-loo. 

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verse 4 
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Well, if you're not married, say your lover's name 
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I fought in that battle, so I might know the same. 
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Draw near to my garment, and there you will see 
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His – name is em-broidered on my mantle so green. 

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Verse 5 
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In the ribbon of her mantle, there I did be-hold, 
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His name and his surname, in letters of gold 
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Young William O'Riley, a-ppeared in my view 
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He – was my chief comrade back in famed Water-loo 

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Verse 6 
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And as he lay dying, I heard his last cry 
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’If you were here lovely Nancy I'd be willing to die’ 
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And as I told her this story, in anguish she flew, 
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And - the more that I told her, the paler she grew 

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Verse 7 
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So I smiled on my Nancy, 'twas I broke your heart, 
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In your fathers garden, that day we did part 
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And this is the truth, and the truth I de-clare, 
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Oh – here's your love token the gold ring I wear