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Title
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Buxom blade
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Singer
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Rowles, Alice, Mrs. [Minnie]
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
In London there lived a buxom blade,
A jolly butcher all by his trade;
He fell in love with some damsel bright,
And he loved her dearly,
He loved her dearly as he loved his life.
Verse 2
With her silvery finery all on one day,
She dressed herself in man's array;
With a sword and pistol hung by her side,
To meet her true love,
To meet her true love, she did ride.
Verse 3
And when she met him all on the plain,
She boldly bid him for to stand;
'Stand and deliver, kind sir,' she said,
'Or else this moment,
Or else this moment, your life I'll have.'
Verse 4
Then he delivered his gold in store,
She cried aloud, 'Sir, there's one thing more,
There's a diamond ring which I saw you wear,
Deliver it,
Deliver it, and your life I'll spare.'
Verse 5
'This diamond ring was a token given,
All I'll keep it too, if my life I'd lose.'
She being tender hearted, like a dove,
She rode away,
She rode away from her true love.
Verse 6
The very next day they both were seen,
Walking together in the garden green;
Seeing his watch hanging by her side,
It made him blush,
It made him blush like any rose.
Verse 7
'What makes you blush, you foolish thing?
'Twas I that wanted your diamond ring.
'Twas I that robbed you all on the plain,
So take your watch love,
So take your watch, and your gold again.
Verse 8
The reason of my doing so,
Was to see whether you were a man or no;
But now I have a contented mind,
My heart and all,
My heart and all and my love is thine.'
