Behold the lady bright and gay, good fortune and sweet charms,
So scornfully I've thrown away into this booby's arms
He swears if I don't wed with him as you shall understand
He'll surely list for a soldier into some foreign land.

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Source: Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Dec 1953

Notes:
This song appears in an article entitled "Plough Plays in the East Midlands" by M.W. Barley, along with this note: "From South Scarle Mr Holmes of Thurgardon, Notts, has preserved for us this tune used for the Lady's song."

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