Intro
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[Verse 1]
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It was on a fine summer's morning
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The birds sweetly tune on each bough
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And as I walked out for my pleasure
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I saw a maid milking a cow
[Verse 2]
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Her voice was so enchanting, melodious
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My heart, it was loaded with sorrow
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For the pretty girl milking her cow
[Verse 3]
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Then to her I made my advances
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"Good morrow, most beautiful maid
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Your beauty my heart so entrances"
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"Pray, sir, do not banter," she said
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"I'm not such a rare precious jewel
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I am but a poor little milk girl"
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Says the pretty girl milking her cow
[Verse 5]
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"The Indies afford no such jewel
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So bright, so transparently clear
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Ah, do not add flames to my funeral
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Consent but to know me, my dear"
[Verse 6]
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Oh, had I the lamp of Aladdin
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I would rather be poor in a cottage
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With the pretty girl milking her cow