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before I go awa.
O when there(illegible text) were gone to bed;
this maid went to the barn;
Tc ly with the jolly Tinker;
and for to keep him warm;
O quickly then she did undress;
herself from top to toe.
In a well made bed they had fine sport;
among the pease-straw.
But early the next morning
before the break of day;
The Tinker rose ; put on his clothes;
and said I must away:
He gave her fifty guineas;
well ty‘d up in a purse;
Said he my dear ; you need not fear;
I hope you‘re not the worse.
When eighteen weeks were past and gone;
this maid turn'd pale and wan;
And then for to suspect her;
her mother she began;
Come tell to me ; my dear said she;
who has done you this harm?
I fear it's been the Tinker;
that lay into the barn.
He was the bravest Tinker;
that ever I did see;
