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THE HIGHWAYMAN OUTWITTED (The Rich Farmer of Chesterfield) 1 0 there was a rich farmer of Chest'field, And to market his daughter did go; She was thinking that nothing would happen, For she'd been on the highway before. 2 She met with three daylighted robbers, And three links they did hold to her breast; ' You'll deliver your clothes and your money, Or else you shall die in distress '. 3 They stripped the poor damsel stark naked, And they gave her the bridle to hold; And there she stood shivering and shaking, Much perished to death by the cold. 4 She slipped her right foot in the stirrup, And she mounted her horse like a man : Over hedges and ditches she galloped, ' Come, catch me, bold rogues, if you can !' 5 Well, she rode to the gates of her father, Shee shouted, her voice like a man; ' Dear father, I've been in great danger, But the rogues didn't do me no harm '. 6 She whipped the grey mare to the stable, And white sheets she spread on the floor; She counted her money twice over, She'd five hundred bright pounds, if not more. from the singing of Caroline Hughes, Poole, Dorset, 1964 @trick filename[ CRAFTYB3 SOF Feb07 |
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