| Alison Gross at the castle hist,
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| the laziest witch in the far north,
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| called me to him in his cage,
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| and spoke to me fully beautiful words.
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| She patted my cheek and combed my hair,
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| so lovingly on her knees she put me:
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| will you be my lover faith,
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| so many a good gift I give you.
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| Go away, go away you lead witch,
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| you let me stay away from me.
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| I ages will become your lover faith,
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| I wish I was just far away from you.
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| Alison Gross at the castle hist,
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| the laziest witch in the far north.
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| She showed a shirt of soft silk
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| with flowers of gold and pearls small:
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| will you be my lover faith,
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| this great gift you must possess.
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| She showed a cloak scarlet red
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| with flowers of gold and silk fine:
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| will you be my lover faith,
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| this good gift must be yours.
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| Go away, go away you lead witch,
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| you let me stay away from me.
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| I ages will become your lover faith,
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| I wish I was just far away from you.
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| Alison Gross at the castle hist,
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| the laziest witch in the far north.
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| A silver water she took in her,
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| three times she turned round and round,
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| she mumbled such strange words of magic
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| that I all as death fell to the ground.
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| She made me look like a worm
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| to use my steps at the bottom of the tree.
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| I would bend under a tree
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| far rather than kissing the witch's mouth.
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| The night before All Saints' Day
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| when the river feast it fell on
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| a queen descended to green mounds
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| not far from the tree where I lay.
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| She took me in milky white hand,
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| she stroked me three times over her knee.
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| then I shot him and became a man again.
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| no more I meander under three.
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| Alison Gross at the castle hist,
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| the laziest witch in the far north. |