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There was a jolly British tar

Who met a milkmaid bonnie

He said, «How beautiful you are!»

With a hey and a nonny

With a hey and a nonny

«Such golden hair I ne’er did see

With lips to sham the cherry

Oh buxom milkmaid, marry me!»

With a down and a derry

With a down and a derry

«Our hearts could rhyme,» said she

«'Tis flattered I’m,» said she

«But oh, ah me, you see, you see, you see, you see

I happen to be a mother of three

A wife already and mother of three

Of three, of three, of three, of three, of three

The mother of three!»

The jolly tar, he laughed a laugh

«'Tis for the best, my bonnie

That you won’t be my better half.»

With a hey and a nonny

With a hey and a nonny

«I near forgot on seeing you

That I’ve a wife in Kerry

In Spain and also Timbuktu.»

With a down and a derry

With a down and a derry

«You've got me thinkin' twice

Goodbye to shoes and rice

For oh, ah me, you see, you see, you see, you see

I happen to be, I happen to be

The husband of three

A-spliced already and husband of three

Of three, of three, of three, of three, of three

The husband of three!»

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