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T:The Prickly Bush
B:Broadwood, Lucy, 1893, English Country Songs, Leadenhall Press, London
S:Heywood Sumner.
Z:Lucy Broadwood
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:"O hang-man, hold thy hand", he cried, "O hold thy hand a-while;
w:"O fat-her, have you brought me gold? Or will you set me free?
w:"No I have not brought thee gold, And I will not set you free;
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w:For I can see my own dear fat-her Com-ing o-ver the yon-**der stile." 
w: Or be you come to see me hung,_ All_ on this_ high_ gall-ows tree?"
w: But I am come to see thee hung,_ All_ on this_ high_ gall-ows tree."
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w:"Oh the prick-**ly bush, the prick-**ly bush,
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w: It pricked my heart_ full_ sore;
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w:If ev-er I get out of the prick-**ly bush,
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w: I'll ne-ver get in_ an-y more