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Title
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My bonny girl
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Singer
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Wise, William
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
I once loved a girl, a dear bonny girl,
And for her I could never take any rest,
I loved her so well, and so very well,
That I built her a nest on my breast.
Verse 2
I walked up the forest and down the green grove,
Like one that is troubled in mind;
I began for to whoop and to play on my flute,
But no bonny girl could I find.
Verse 3
Till I looked high, and I looked low,
And the sun it shone wonderful warm,
It was there I did spy my dear bonny girl,
Wrapt up in some other lad's arm.
Verse 4
Then I passed them by, and I of them looked shy,
Like one that was deeply distrest,
Then she threw unto me a dissembling kiss,
With her heart in some other lad's breast.
Verse 5
My love she is handsome, proper and tall,
Well shapen in everything;
Whether I do have her, or do have her not,
I shall think of her once now and then.
