The Cruel Mother

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There was a lady lived in York
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She stabbed her baby to the heart
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She drew a scarf from off her head
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She bound the baby's hands and legs
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She drew a knife, long and sharp
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She stabbed the baby to the heart
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She wiped the knife upon the grass
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The more she wiped, the blood ran 
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fast

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As she was going to her father's 
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hall
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She saw three children playing at 
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ball
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One in silk, the other in satin
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The other was naked as ever was 
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born

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"Oh, dear child, if you were mine
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I'd dress you in silk and satins so
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 fine"
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"Oh, mother dear, I once was thine
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You never would dress me, coarse or
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 fine"

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"Mother, mother, for your sins
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Heaven you shall not enter
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There is fire beyond Hell's gate
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And there you'll burn forever"