| When I had known only
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| Eighteen summers
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| I headed West through the
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| Whitley Wood
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| To make my fortune and
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| To find a lover
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| And to lead the best life a young man could
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| Ly, ly ly ly, ly ly ly
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| Oh ly ly ly, ly ly ly, ly ly ly
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| And by the lakeside just South of Didcot
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| I spied an angel who was standing there
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| She was a traveller
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| But she was pretty
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| And clean
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| She was in the water, washing her hair
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| I lost my heart to a lady gypsy
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| So long ago I forget her name
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| But I
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| Still remember the
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| Smell of the flowers
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| And the way, my life would never be the same
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| She laid me down on a bed of heather
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| She said «please be careful this is what I sell»
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| I said «you're a hooker?»
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| She said «No, I mean the heather
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| I sell the heather like a lucky spell»
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| I said «but to be clear then
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| The sex is free yes?»
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| She said «yes the sex is free
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| The heather’s a pound»
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| I said «I don’t need no heather
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| And if I did I would just pick some, it’s free
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| It’s growing in the ground»
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| I lost my heart to a lady gypsy
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| So long ago I forget her name
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| But I
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| Still remember the
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| Smell of the flowers
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| And the way my life would never be the same
|
| I lost my heart to a lady gypsy
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| So long ago I forget her name
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| But I
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| Still remember the
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| Smell of the flowers
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| And the way my life would never be the same
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| When I had known only
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| Eighteen summers |