Steve, Unless I have changed the words without realising (always a possibility, I suppose).... the last two lines of what I sing is - Was ever there a young man in such unhappy state, As me with my Flora, my Flora of late. But Caroline's versions present another difficulty; the second verse is the Sheepcrook & black dog one, the start of the third verse that I have from one of the three versions goes:- Unto my Dearest Dinah, these words I did say, and that is what I sing. The trouble is that the only recorded version that I actually have here is the Kennedy one.
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