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The Brown Girl’s Garland, British Museum, 11621. c. 3 (10), n. d., before 1788.
1
‘I am as brown as brown can be,
My eyes as black as a sloe;
I am as brisk as a nightingale,
And as wilde as any doe.
2
‘My love has sent me a love-letter,
Not far from yonder town,