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Title
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Broken hearted bride
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Singer
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Martin, Sarah Mrs.
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
Last Friday night I was asked to a wedding,
It was to a young girl that proved so unkind;
And all the day long she was so discontented,
For her own former lover still rolled all in her mind.
Verse 2
Then supper being over, they all began to sing,
It was a jolly song that of true love did tell;
And the one that was to sing it was her own former lover,
And the song that he sang she understood right well.
Verse 3
'Now there is one thing that I require of you,
And I hope it will be granted unto me -
That's one more night to sleep with my mother.
And for ever after to sleep along with thee.'
Verse 4
The question being asked, and already granted,
In sobbing and sighing they each went to bed;
He rose in the morning as daylight was dawning,
And he found that his new bride was dead.
Verse 5
You go down in the meadow, there grows a fine flower,
Which for to gather is everyone's desire,
Where young men and maidens pass many a happy hour,
In kissing and courting, but never come the nigher.
