I know my love

“I know my love by his way of walkin',

And I know my love by his way of talkin',

And I know my love by his coat of blue,

But if my love leaves me what will I do?”

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And still she cried, “I love him the best,

And a troubled mind, sure, can know no rest;”

And still she cried, Bonny boys are few,

And if my love leaves me what will I do?”

“There is a dance house in yonder town,

And there my true love goes every night;

He takes a strange one upon his knee,

And don't you think, now, that vexes me?”

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“If my love knew I could wash and wring,

If my love knew I could weave and spin,

I'd make a coat all of the finest kind,

But the want of money, sure, leaves me behind?”

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