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To go to see if this was true,
and when into the plant he came,
The beauteous rose he saw in bloom,
and eagerly he crept the same,
The leaves did fall from off the bulb,
the rose within his hands did die
He cry'd ’tis fair Rosanna’s blood,
that did spring up from her fair body.
and when into the plant he came,
The beauteous rose he saw in bloom,
and eagerly he crept the same,
The leaves did fall from off the bulb,
the rose within his hands did die
He cry'd ’tis fair Rosanna’s blood,
that did spring up from her fair body.
Many people that were there
took notice of what he did say:
They told him he'd some murder done,
he the truth confes’d without delay,
They dug and found the body there,
The first of April it was known,
Before a Magistrate he went,
and now in prison lies forlorn.
took notice of what he did say:
They told him he'd some murder done,
he the truth confes’d without delay,
They dug and found the body there,
The first of April it was known,
Before a Magistrate he went,
and now in prison lies forlorn.
Till he his punishment receives,
no doubt but he will have his due;
Young men by this a warning take,
perform your vows whate’er you do,
God does find out man’s ways
such heinous things to bring to light,
For murder is a crying sin.
and hatful in his blessed sight.
no doubt but he will have his due;
Young men by this a warning take,
perform your vows whate’er you do,
God does find out man’s ways
such heinous things to bring to light,
For murder is a crying sin.
and hatful in his blessed sight.
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