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11Balow, lalow! Balow! lalow! Balow, my babe, ly stil and sleipe!
22Balow, my babe, lie still and sleep! It grieves me sair to see thee weipe;
33It grieves me sore to see thee weep. If thoust be silent, Ise be glad,
44Wouldst thou be quiet I'se be glad, Thy maining maks my heart ful sad.
55Thy mourning makes my sorrow sad: Balow, my boy, thy mither's joy!
66Balow my boy, thy mother's joy, Thy father breides me great annoy.
77Thy father breeds me great annoy Balow, my 'babe, ly stil and sleipe!
88Balow, lalow! It grieves me sair to see thee weipe.
99
1010When he began to court my love, When he began to court my luve,
1111And with his sugred words me move, And with his sugred words to muve,
1212His faining false and flattering cheer His faynings fals and flattering cheire
1313To me that time did not appear; To me that time did not appeire:
1414But now I see most cruelly But now I see, most cruell hee,
1515He cares not for my babe nor me Cares neither for my babe nor mee.
1616Balow, lalow! Balow, etc.
1717
1818Lie still my darling sleep a while Ly stil, my darlinge, sleipe awhile,
1919and when thou wak'st thou'le surely smile; And when thou wakest sweitly smile:
2020But smile not as thy father did, But smile not, as thy father did,
2121To cozen maids -- nay, God forbid! To cozen maids; nay, God forbid!
2222But yet I fear thou wilt go near But yette I feire, thou wilt gae neire,
2323Thy father's heart and face to bear Thy fatheris hart and face to beire.
2424Balow, lalow! Balow, etc.
2525
2626I cannot choose but ever will I cannae chuse, but ever will
2727Be loving to thy father still; Be luving to thy father stil:
2828Where'er he go, where'er he ride, Whaireir he gae, whaireir he ryde,
2929my love with him doth still abide; My luve with him maun stil abyde:
3030In weal or woe, where'er he go In weil or wae, whaireir he gae,
3131My heart shall ne'er depart him fro, Mine hart can neir depart him frae.
3232Ah!Balow, etc.
33
34But doe not, doe not, prettie mine,
35To faynings fals thine hart incline;
36Be loyal to thy luver trew,
37And nevir change hir for a new;
38If gude or faire, of hir have care,
39For womens banning's wonderous sair.
40Balow, etc.
41
42Bairne, sin thy cruel father is gane,
43Thy winsome smiles maun eise my paine;
44My babe and I 'll together live,
45He'll comfort me when cares doe grieve;
46My babe and I right saft will ly,
47And quite forgeit man's cruelty.
48Balow, etc.
49
50Fareweil, fareweil, thou falsest youth
51That ever kist a woman's mouth!
52I wish all maids be warned by mee,
53Nevir to trust man's curtesy;
54For if we doe but chance to bow,
55They'll use us then they care not how.
56Balow, my 'babe, ly stil and sleipe!
57It grieves me sair to see thee weipe.

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