Here's one of the versions that Sharp collected for comparison.

Mick

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X:1
T:The Game of Cards
B:Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs ed Karpeles Variant C
S: Collected from Samuel Burman (68) at Durston, Somerset, 6 April 1908
L:1/4
M:3/4
K:D
A|d c d|A (F/E/) D|G A B|E D
w:As I was a-walk-ing_ one mid-sum-mer morn-ing,
C|D C D|(F G) A|B A G|A2
w:It hap-pened to be_ a hot sum-mer's day,
A|F G A|d2 e/e/|f e d|e d
w:And who should I spy but a beau-ti-ful dam-sel
(c/B/)|A F D|B A F|A E F|D2|]
w:As_ she was a-walk-ing all on the high-way.