Six lords went a-hunting down by the seaside,

And they spied a dead body washed away by the tide.

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Said one to the other, ‘As I’ve heard them say,

’Tis the famous Duke of Bedford, by the tide washed away.’

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They took him up to Portsmouth, to the place where he was born,

From Portsmouth up to London, to the place where he was known.

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They took out his bowels and laid down his feet,