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O Cupid, Cupid; Get Your Bow!

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Arming down along the stream,     Along the sparkling water,     And past the pool where lilies gleam,     There comes the squatters daughter.     Her eyes are kind; her lips are warm;     And like a flower her face is;     The habit shows her bonny form     As graceful as a Graces.     O Ill be mad of love, I know;     My head shell surely addle;     O Cupid, Cupid; get your bow;     And shoot her from the saddle!     For, like a bird on breezes waft,     She quickly, quickly passes;     O Cupid, Cupid, draw your shaft;     And bring her to the grasses!     O she is worthy game for you;     And there is none to match her.     So, Cupid, send your arrow true;     And Ill be there to catch her!

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