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T:Rosetta and her Gay Ploughboy
B:Broadwood, L, 1908, English Traditional Songs and Carols, London, Boosey
N:Reprinted by EP Publishing Limited, Rowman & Littlefield, Totowa, New Jersey, 1974
Z:Lucy Broadwood
S:Mr. H Burstow, 1893
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:You cons-tant lov-ers give at-ten-tion
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w:While a tale to_ you I tell,                
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w:Con-cern-ing of two lov-ers true,    
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w:Who in one house_ for_ years did dwell:
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w:Ro-set-ta was a far-mer's daught-er    
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w:And al-ways was her par-ents' joy,
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w:Till Cu-pid in a snare had caught her,
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w:With her fath-er's gay plough-boy.