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Nursery Rhyme. CXXX. Songs.

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Oh, where are you going,             My pretty maiden fair,         With your red rosy cheeks,             And your coal-black hair?         I'm going a-milking,             Kind sir, says she;         And it's dabbling in the dew,             Where you'll find me.         May I go with you,             My pretty maiden fair, &c.         Oh, you may go with me,             Kind sir, says she, &c.         If I should chance to kiss you,             My pretty maiden fair, &c.         The wind may take it off again,             Kind sir, says she, &c.         And what is your father,             My pretty maiden fair, &c.         My father is a farmer,             Kind sir, says she, &c.         And what is your mother,             My pretty maiden fair, &c.         My mother is a dairy-maid,             Kind sir, says she, &c.

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