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So then to proceed,
Let me tell you with speed,
Her gallant she met very nice;
A bargain was struck,
And the sweet little duck,
Waddl’d off with her drake in a trice.
When they came to the green,
Where the action was seen,
He laid her right gently down;
O! my poor Robin Gray,
Hang it up, Sir, I pray,
It is crampt,—let me put up my gown.
When all things were done,
And the game lost and won,
She smii’d and to him did say,
I’m very well pleas’d,
But my clothes are so teas’d,
And you’vespoiled my smart Robin Gray.
O my sweet little dear,
Your so nice and so chear,
And your husband will be long away;
Some money you’ll lack,
Before he comes back,—
There’s a guinea for a new Robin Grey.
They seem’d both content,
And away home they went,
Nor suspected that aught had been seen,
For no one they could spy,
Nor thought any nigh,
When they sported so brisk on the green.
