THERE WAS A LITTLE WOMAN
Anon

There was a little woman, as I've heard say,
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She went to market, her eggs for to sell,
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She went to market all on a market day,
And she fell asleep upon the king's highway;
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And there came a pedlar whose name was Stout,
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He cut her petticoats all round about,
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He cut her petticoats up to her knees,
Which made the little woman to shiver and freeze,
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When the little woman began to awake,
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She began to shiver, and she began to shake,
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She began to shake, and she began to cry,
Lawk-a-mercy on me! this is none of I,
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If it be I, as I suppose it be,
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I've a little dog at home, and he knows me;
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If it be I, he will wag his little tail,
If it be not I, he will bark and rail,
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And when the little woman went home in the dark,
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Her little dog he did begin to bark,
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He began to bark, and she began to cry,
Lawk-a-mercy on me! this is none of I,
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