It would go in to my mother’s bower,

And bid her kiss me, and take me away.’

C

Pieces of Ancient Poetry from Unpublished Manuscripts and Scarce Books, Bristol, 1814, p. 51.

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Johnny Cock, in a May morning,

Sought water to wash his hands,

And he is awa to louse his dogs,

That’s tied wi iron bans.

That’s tied wi iron bans