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Thread #163282 Message #4233974
Posted By: Jack Horntip
08-Jan-26 - 07:43 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Spanish Lady painting/ song info
Subject: RE: Origins: Spanish Lady painting/ song info
Madam, I'm a Darling As I walked out in Chester city, at the late hour of the night. Who should I see but a fair young maiden, washing her clothes in the clear moonlight.
Oh, Madam I'm a Darling, a di ro dither-O Madam I'm a Darling, a di ro da.
Oh first she washed them, then she squeezed them, then she laid them out to dry. Then she folded up her arms saying, "Oh, what a fair young girl am I."
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Oh, going to the well, for a pail of water, fetching it back to make some tea. Well, she fell under, and I fell over, And all the game was above her knee.
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Madam, I will tie your Garter, I will tie it above your knee. And if you like, I'll tie it up farther, 'cause Madam, I'm a Darling a di ro da.
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Have you ever heard of cups and saucers rattling around in an old tin can? Have you ever heard of a fair young maiden married to an ugly, grey old man?
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Oh, laddie you may have gold and silver laddie you may have some tracts of land. You may have a fleet of ships on the ocean, but, all I need now is a cunning young man.
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c2004. Untitled songbook of The College of St. Boniface [University of Alaska Fairbanks] Society for Creative Anachronism MS-word document.