Fairport Convention - Banks Of The Sweet Primroses

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[Verse]
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As I walked out on a midsummer's morning
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For to view the fields and to take the air
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Down by the banks of the sweet primroses
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There I beheld a most love lie fair

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Three short steps, I stepped up to her
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Not knowing her as she passed me by
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I stepped up to her, thinking for to view her
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She appeared to be like some virtuous bride

[Verse]
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I says, "Fair maid, where are you going
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And what's the occasion of all your grief?
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I will make you as happy as any lady
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If you will grant to me one small relief"

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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"Stand off, stand off, you're a false deceiver
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You are a false deceitful man, I know
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'Tis you that has caused my poor heart to wander
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And in your comfort lies no refrain"

[Verse]
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"So I'll go down to some lonesome valley
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Where no man on earth shall there me find
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Where the pretty little small birds do change their voices
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And every moment blows blusterous wind"

[Verse]
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So come all young men who go a-sailing
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Pray pay attention to what I say
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For there's many a dark and a cloudy morning
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Turns out to be a sunshiny day

[Outro]
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