Key: D
Introduction:
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1. Early one mornin? one mornin? in spring
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to hear the birds whistle, the nightingales sing.
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I met a fair maiden who sweetly did sing,
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I?m going to be married next Monday morning.
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2. ?How old are you, my fair young maid,
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here in this valley, this valley so green ?
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How old are you, my fair young maid ??
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?I?m goin? to be sixteen next Monday morning.?
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3. ?Well, sixteen years old, that?s too young for to marry,
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so take my advice, five years longer to tarry.
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For marriage brings troubles and sorrows begin,
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so put off your wedding for Monday morning.?
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4. ?You talk like a mad man, a man with no skill,
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two years I?ve been waiting against my own will.
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And now I?m determined to have my own way,
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and I?m going to be married next Monday morning.?
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5. ?And next Monday mornin? the bells they will ring,
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my true love will buy me a gay gold ring.
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Also he?ll buy me a new pretty gown
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to wear at my wedding next Monday morning.?
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6. ?Next Monday night when I go to my bed,
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and I turn round to the man that I?ve wed,
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around his middle my two arms I will fling,
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and I wish to my soul it was Monday morning.?