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Title
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Bunch of nuts
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Singer
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Ockwell, Robert John
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
As Jack and his mistress were riding,
'Twas down by the greenwood side,
Says Jack - 'If I meet with a pretty girl,
I'll kiss her twelve times tonight.'
Chorus
Fol the rol lara, laddi o
Fol the rol lara, laddi o
Verse 2
'Five guineas to five shillings,
Unto thee I will freely lay,
As thou dost not kiss me twelve times
Before it is break of day.'
Chorus
Verse 3
As this young couple went riding,
Together on their way,
Then Jack he kissed her twelve times,
Before it was break of day.
Chorus
Verse 4
Now one of them being faulty,
And not as good as the rest,
Unto him spoke Jack's mistress -
'The wager thou has lost.'
Chorus
Verse 5
Says Jack unto his mistress -
'But that I'll have me right,
I'll have it proved by my master,
When he comes home at night.'
Chorus
Verse 6
The master being come home,
At the table together set,
Says Jack unto his master -
'Last night we made a bet.
Chorus
Verse 7
As I and my mistress were riding,
Twas down by the greenwood tree,
Then off my horse I alighted,
And a bunch of nuts I spied.
Chorus
Verse 8
She bet me there were eleven,
I bet her there was a dozen,
I told them all into her cap,
And I told five and seven.'
Chorus
Verse 9
'Then if thee told five and seven, Jack,
And eleven of them were sound,
Then Jack, thee's won the wager,
If 'twas for a thousand pound.'
Chorus
Verse 10
The mistress being close at hand,
Hearing of them say so,
She quickly put the money down,
And glad to get off so.
Chorus
