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Title
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Lakes of Cold Finn
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Singer
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Potter, Henry
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
It was early one morning young William arose,
Straightway to his comrades' bed chamber he goes,
Saying - 'Comrades, loyal comrades, let nobody know,
It is a fine morning, and a-bathing we'll go.'
Verse 2
So they walked right along till they came to a lane,
And the first that they met was a keeper of game;
He advised them in sorrow to turn back again,
For their doom was to die on the watery main.
Verse 3
Young William stepped in and he swam the lake round,
He swam round the island but not the right ground,
Saying - 'Comrades, loyal comrades, don't you venture in,
There's depths of false waters in the lakes of Cool Finn.'
Verse 4
Next morning, next morning, when his uncle went there,
He rode round the island like one in despair,
Saying - 'Where was he drowned? Or did he fall in'
For there's depths of false waters in the lakes of Cool Finn.
Verse 5
The day of his funeral there will be a grand sight,
There will be four and twenty young men all dressed in white;
They will carry him along and will lay him on clay,
Saying - 'Adieu to young William!' and they'll all march away.
