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MY FATHER'S CLOSE by ANONYMOUS

First Line: INSIDE MY FATHER'S CLOSE
Last Line: "OH! LET HIM LOSE OR WIN, / HE HATH IT STILL COMPLETE"
Subject(s): LOVE;

INSIDE my father's close,
(Fly away O my heart away!)
Sweet apple-blossom blows
So sweet.

Three kings' daughters fair,
(Fly away O my heart away!)
They lie below it there
So sweet.

'Ah!' says the eldest one,
(Fly away O my heart away!)
I think the day's begun
So sweet.'

'Ah!' says the second one,
(Fly away O my heart away!)
'Far off I hear the drum
So sweet.'

'Ah!' says the youngest one,
(Fly away O my heart away!)
'It's my true love, my own,
So sweet.

'Oh! if he fight and win,'
(Fly away O my heart away!)
'I keep my love for him,
So sweet:
Oh! let him lose or win,
He hath it still complete.'



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