THREE DRUNKEN MAIDENS


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        There were three drunken maidens came from the Isle of Wight,
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        They drunk from Sunday morning, nor stopped 'till Saturday night.
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        When Saturday night did come, me boys, they wouldn't then go out:
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        These three drunken maidens, they pushed the jug about.


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        Then up comes bouncing Sally, her cheeks as red as a bloom.
        "Move up, me jolly sisters, and give youg Sally some room,
        For I'll be your equal before that we go out."
        These four drunken maidens, they pushed the jug about.


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        There's woodcock and pheasant, there's partridge and hare.
        There's all sorts of dainties - no scarcity was there.
        There's forty quarts of beer, me boys, but still they wouldn't go out
        These four drunken maidens, they pushed the jug about.


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        But up comes the Landlord, he's asking for his pay.
        It's a forty-pound bill, me boys, these girls are supposed to pay.
        That's ten punds apiece, me boys, but still they wouldn't go out.
        These four drunken maidens, they pushed the jug about.


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        Oh, where are your feathered hats, your mantles rich and fine?
        "They've all been a- swallowed up in tankards of good wine."
        And where are your maidenheads, you maidens brisk and gay?
        "We left them in the ale-house: we drank them clean away!"


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