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The Gypsy's Selling Song.

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My good man - he's an old, old man -         And my good man got a fall,     To buy me a bargain so fast he ran         When he heard the gypsies call:          "Buy, buy brushes,          Baskets wrought o' rushes.          Buy them, buy them, take them, try them,         Buy, dames all."     My old man, he has money and land,         And a young, young wife am I.     Let him put the penny in my white hand         When he hears the gypsies cry:          "Buy, buy laces,          Veils to screen your faces.          Buy them, buy them, take and try them.         Buy, maids, buy."

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