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THE FALSE LOVER.
My parents rear'd me tenderly, endeavouring for
me ſtill,
And in the town of Wagan they bound me to a
mill,
Where there I ſpied a Wexford girl, that had a
black rolling eye.
And I offered to marry her if ſhe would with me
lie.
In six months after this this maid grew big with
child,
Marry me, dear Johnny, as you did me beguile;
I promiſed to marry her, as ſhe was big with
child:
But little did this fair maid know her life I would
beguile.
I took her from her siſter's door, at 8 o’clock at
night,
But little did this fair maid know at her I bore a
ſpite;
I invited her to take a walk to the fields a little
way,
That we might conclude a while and appoint a
wedding day.
