The Maid Freed From the Gallows
No: 95; variant: 95H
- 'STOP, stop! . . .
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I think I see my mother coming,
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- 'Oh mother, hast brought my golden ball,
And come to set me free?
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- 'I've neither brought thy golden ball,
Nor come to set thee free,
But I have come to see thee hung,
Upon this gallows-tree.'
- 'Stop, stop! . . .
. . . . .
I think I see my father coming,
. . . . .
- 'O father, hast brought my golden ball,
And come to set me free?
. . . . .
. . . . .
- 'I've neither brought thy golden ball,
Nor come to set thee free,
But I have come to see thee hung,
Upon this gallows-tree.'
- 'Stop, stop! . . .
. . . . .
I see my sweet-heart coming,
. . . . .
- 'Sweet-heart, hast brought my golden ball,
And come to set me free?
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- 'Aye, I have brought thy golden ball,
And come to set thee free;
I have not come to see thee hung,
Upon this gallows-tree.'