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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Milkmaids
 (Sung text for setting by J. Edmunds)
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Language: English 
Walking betimes close by a waterside
A pair of lovely milkmaids there I chanced to spy;
One of the them was fair, as fair as fair might be;
The other, she was brown with rolling wanton eye.

Cyder to make sillabubs, they carried in their pails
And sugar in their purses hung, dangling at their tails;

Waistcoats of flannel and petticoats of red;
Before them, milk-white aprons and straw-hats on their head.

Well fare you, merry milkmaids that dabble in the dew,
For you have kisses plenty when ladies have but few.

Composition:

    Set to music by John Edmunds (1913 - 1986), "Milkmaids", 1946, published 1947, copyright © 1947 [ voice and piano ], Music Press Inc.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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This text was added to the website: 2018-12-15
Line count: 10
Word count: 92

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