And they go a grasing down by the lake.

With hey! with how! with hoy!

Saweste not you mine oxen, you litill prety boy?

I have twelfė oxen, and they be faire and rede,

And they go a grasing down by the mede

With hey! with how! with hoy!

Saweste not you mine oxen, you litill prety boy?

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LAVENDER'S BLUE

Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green,