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The Coolun

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Come with me, under my coat,             And we will drink our fill         Of the milk of the white goat,             Or wine if it be thy will;             And we will talk until         Talk is a trouble, too,             Out on the side of the hill,         And nothing is left to do,             But an eye to look into an eye         And a hand in a hand to slip,             And a sigh to answer a sigh,         And a lip to find out a lip:             What if the night be black         And the air on the mountain chill,             Where the goat lies down in her track             And all but the fern is still!             Stay with me, under my coat,         And we will drink our fill             Of the milk of the white goat         Out on the side of the hill.

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