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On a high, on a high, on a high holiday
On the very best day of the year
Little Mathie Grove to the church did go
The Holy Word to hear

Some come in all dressed in white
Some in purple and blue
And then come in Lord Arnold's wife
A flower among the few

She looked at him, he looked at her
The like had never been done
'til she got up and took his hand
And bade him come along

Well they tossed and they turnеd in the bed all night
'til they lay fast asleep
Whеn they woke in the new morn's dawn
Lord Arnold was at their feet

He said "Get up, little Mathie Grove
And put your clothing on
For it'll never be known in old England
I slayed a naked man."
"I shan't get up, I won't get dressed
I fear so for my life!
For you have got two very short swords
And me not nary a knife."

"Well yes I've got two very short swords;
They cost me deep in purse
But you shall have the better of the two
And I shall take the worse."

"And you may strike the very first blow
And strike it like a man
And I will strike the very next one
And kill you if I can."

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Transcribed from CD 15APR2024, caj