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No. 22: There Was Once a Pretty Peasant
Mirette
MIDI File 2' 48"
| MIRETTE: | There was once a pretty peasant, | ||
| And she had a gipsy swain, | |||
| (With a heigh, ho! heigh, ho! summer days are fair!) | |||
| And his wooing was as pleasant | |||
| As the sunshine after rain | |||
| (With a heigh, ho! heigh, ho! little birds will pair!) | |||
| But a noble high and mighty, | |||
| Came to court the peasant girl, | |||
| And her little heart was flighty | |||
| And her head was in a whirl, | |||
| So she left the woodland shady, In the hope to be a lady |
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| (With a heigh, ho! heigh, ho! castles in the air!) | |||
| Sing, ho! Sing, heigh! for the reason why A lass is bold, or a lad is shy. |
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| Sing, ho! Sing, heigh! for a maid should know The high to the high, and the low to the low! |
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| Sing, ho! Sing, heigh! for the reason why A lass is bold, or a lad is shy. |
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| Sing, ho! Sing, heigh! for a maid should know The high to the high, and the low to the low! |
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| So she tried to ape the fashion | |||
| Of a girl of noble rank | |||
| (With a heigh, ho! heigh, ho! so a lass pretends!) | |||
| And the noble in his passion | |||
| Turned a gipsy mountebank | |||
| (With a heigh, ho! heigh, ho! pleasant for his friends!) | |||
| But the dresses didn't fit her, | |||
| And the manners wouldn't come, | |||
| And the noble found it bitter | |||
| To be beating of a drum, | |||
| Till she managed to discover She preferred her gipsy lover |
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| (With a heigh, ho! heigh, ho! so the story ends!) | |||
| Sing, ho! Sing, heigh! for a foolish sigh, For the old loves live, and the new loves die. |
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| Sing, ho! Sing, heigh! for the dreams that go, And that is the end of the tale, you know! |
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| Sing, ho! Sing, heigh! for a foolish sigh, For the old loves live, and the new loves die. |
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| Sing, ho! Sing, heigh! for the dreams that go, And that is the end of the tale, you know! |
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Page modified 27 July 2019