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DABBLING IN THE DEW

Oh, where are you going to, my pretty little dear,

With your red rosy cheeks and your coal-black hair?

I'm going a-milking, kind sir, she answered me:

And it's dabbling in the dew makes the milkmaids fair!

Suppose I were to clothe you, my pretty little dear,

In a green silken gown and the amethyst rare?

O no, sir, O no, sir, kind sir, she answered me,

For it's dabbling in the dew makes the milkmaids fair!