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'Yes, I have brought thy golden ball,
And am come to set thee free.
I am not come to see thee hung
All on this gallows tree.

'Oh! the prickly bush! the prickly bush,
It pricked my heart full sore!
And now that I'm out o' the prickly bush,
I'll never get in no more.'


VI. JINNY, JAN

MOTHER. 'Come to see Jinny, Jan?
Jinny, Jan? Jinny, Jan?
Come to see Jinny?'
SUITOR. 'Can I see her now?'
MOTHER. 'Jinny is washing,
Washing, washing, Jan.
Jinny is washing,
Jan, you can't see her now.'
Chorus—'Morning, ladies and gentlemen,
'Morning, ladies and gentlemen, too.
Come to see Jinny, Jan? Jinny, Jan? Jinny, Jan?
Come to see Jinny? You can't see her now.

MOTHER. 'Come to see Jinny, Jan?' etc.
SUITOR. 'Can I see her now?'
MOTHER. 'Jinny is married,
Married, married, Jan.