Mantle Of Green

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As I was a-walking one morning in 
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June
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To view the gay fields and the 
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meadows in bloom
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I spied a young female, she 
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appeared like some queen
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With her costly fine robes round 
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her mantle of green

[Verse]
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He said, “Lovely fair maid, if you 
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will agree
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Then we'll join in wedlock and 
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married we'll be
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I'll dress you in riches, you'll 
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appear like some queen
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With your costly fine robes round 
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your mantle of green”

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She quickly made answer, “May you 
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be excused
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For I'll wed with no man, you must 
be refused
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To the greenwoods I'll wander and 
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shun all men too
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For the lad that I love fell at 
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famed Waterloo”

[Instrumental]
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“If you will not marry, tell me 
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your love's name
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For I've been a soldier, and might 
know the same”
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“Draw near to my garment and soon
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 you will see
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His name I've embroidered on my 
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mantle of green”

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Enrising of her mantle, it's there 
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I behold
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His name and his surname in letters 
of gold
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Young William O'Reilly it 
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appeared to my view
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I cried, “He was my comrade at 
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famed Waterloo”

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Now when that she heard it, the 
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paler she grew
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She fell in his arms with her heart 
full of woe
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“Your heart I have wounded, the 
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truth I declare
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Here is your love's token, the 
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gold ring I do wear”

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“In your father's garden, beneath a
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 green tree
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We pledged our true love and long 
we'd agree”
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This couple got married, I've 
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heard people say
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She wore a mantle of green on 
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their wedding day