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EBBA 37144

British Library - Collection of 225 Ballads
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Ballad Title Maids Lamentation, / That lives in great distress / Her Sweet-heart hath forsaken her, / Now she lives in weariness, / She's almost spoil'd for Cure, / And makes such mighty moan / That she no longer can endure / Herself to lie alone, / But wishesth for a Man / To ease her of her Woe: / Her Maidenhead does trouble her, / That She's not able for to go.
Tune Imprint The Tune is, The Lass that comes to Bed to / me, OR, Sawney is gone.
Standard Tune Title Lass of Cumberland, The
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