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A SHROPSHIRE LAD
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.
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III
The Recruit
Leave your home behind, lad,
And reach your friends your hand,
And go, and luck go with you
While Ludlow tower shall stand.
And reach your friends your hand,
And go, and luck go with you
While Ludlow tower shall stand.
Oh, come you home of Sunday
When Ludlow streets are still
And Ludlow bells are calling
To farm and lane and mill,
When Ludlow streets are still
And Ludlow bells are calling
To farm and lane and mill,
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