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William Bond

I wonder whether the Girls are mad

And I wonder whether they mean to kill

And I wonder if William Bond will die

For assuredly he is very ill

He went to Church in a May morning

Attended by Fairies one two & three

But the Angels Of Providence drove them away

And he returnd home in Misery

He went not out to the Field nor Fold

He went not out to the Village nor Town

But he came home in a black black cloud

And took to his Bed & there lay down

And an Angel of Providence at his Feet

And an Angel of Providence at his Head

And in the midst a Black Black Cloud

And in the midst the Sick Man on his Bed

And on his Right hand was Mary Green

And on his Left hand was his Sister Jane

And their tears fell thro the black black Cloud

To drive away the sick mans pain