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An old woman clothed in grey,
had a daughter was charming & young,
But she was deluded astray
by Roger's false flatteriug tongue ;
With whom she often had been,
abroad in the meadows and fields ;
Her belly grew up to her chin
her spirit sunk down to her heels.
At length she began for to puke,
her mother possessed with fear :
She gave her a gentle rebuke,
and cry'd, daughter a word in your ear :
I doubt you'vo been playing the fool,
which many call(illegible text)ding a ding,
Why did you not follow my rule,
and tie your two toes in a string.
O Mother! your(illegible text)I took
but yet I was never the near :
he won my heart with a false look,
and his words so enchanted mine ear,
That your precepts I soon did forget,
he on me and would have his scope,
O it is but a folly to fret,
'tis done, and for it there’s no help.
