Pepys' Diary |
| A shy young maid has took a room down at the village inn, |
| Her bedside light is oh so bright and the curtains oh so thin. |
| She enters her room at nine o'clock, at half past nine she sleeps, |
| Lord Clarendon walks quickly on but naughty Samuel peeps. |
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| For we know it's right, it's in black and white, |
| And it's all written down in his diary. |
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| Last Monday morn my lady wife sent me to the butcher shop, |
| The butcher asked politely if I'd care for a mutton chop. |
| I smiled and said, "A small sheep's head is really all I seek, |
| And leave the eyes in 'cause it's got to see us through the week." |
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| I know a shy young shepherd boy and Ba-a-a-asil is his name, |
| He has a sister called Anna who sets my heart aflame. |
| Through woodland glade and through meadows green I did walk with this fair lass, |
| But she slipped on a cow slip and she fell down on the grass. |
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| Oh I stooped down and picked her up, her manner was serene, |
| "Kind sir," said she, "pray put me down for you don't know where I've been." |
| Basil begged me to marry her and this to me did say, |
| Please wed my sister Anna for she's in everybody's way. |
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| Half way up a wall outside a castle in Tranmere, |
| There is a sign which reads, 'The Duke of Denby was born here." |
| Now I've travelled far and I've travelled wide but ne'er can I recall, |
| Of ever hearing of a duke born half way up a wall. |
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| I went to rent a lady's house, she handed me the key, |
| She said, "It's to be let as it stands with all that you can see." |
| 'And are you to be let with the house?" said I in a very saucy tone, |
| She said, "I'm not to be let with the house, I'm to be let alone." |
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| Yes we know it's right, it's in black and white, |
| And it's all written down in his diary. |
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