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THE FIRST OF MAY by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "THE FAIR MAID WHO, THE FIRST OF MAY"
Last Line: WILL EVER AFTER HANDSOME BE
Subject(s): MAY DAY;

THE fair maid who, the First of May,
Goes to the fields at break of day,
And washes in dew from the hawthorn tree,
Will ever after handsome be.



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