Karan Casey - I Once Loved A Lass

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[Verse]
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I once loved a lass and I loved her so well
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I hated all others who spoke of her ill
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But now she's done rewarded me well for my love
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She's gone to be wed to another

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I watched as my love did to the church go
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With a bride and bride-maidens she made a fine show
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And I followed her on with a heart full of woe
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To see my love be wed to another
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To see my love be wed to another

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I watched as my love did sit down to dine
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I sat down beside her and I poured out the wine
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And I drank to the wee lass that should have been mine
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But now she is wed to another

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"Well, stop," says the groomsman, "If you take my word
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Would you venture your life on the point of a sword?
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For courting too slowly you have lost this fair maiden
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Begone, you will never enjoy her
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Begone, you will never enjoy her"

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[Verse]
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Now the lads of the forest, they ask it of me
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"How many strawberries grow 'round the salt sea?"
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And I answer them back with a tear in my eye
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"How many ships sail in the forest?"

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Go dig me a grave all large, wide and deep
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And cover it over with wild flowers sweet
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And lay me down gently for to take my long sleep
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And that's the best way to forget her

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So we dug him a grave all large, wide and deep
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And covered it over with wild flowers sweet
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And we laid him down gently for to take his long sleep
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And maybe by now he's forgotten
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And maybe by now he's forgotten