Oh, Johnnys on the water, let him sink or let him swim If he can live without me, I can live without him Oh, Johnny is a young boy, but younger am I, am[?] Often has he told me that hed wed me or die Oh, meeting is a pleasure and parting is grief And a falsehearted lover is worse than a thief A thief, he will rob you and take what you save But a falsehearted lover will take you to your grave Come all you young ladies, take a warnin by me Never place your affctions on a greengrowing tree For the roots, they will wither, th branches will die If I am forsaken, I know not for why If I am forsaken, Ill not be forsworn And he surely is mistaken if he thinks that Ill mourn Ill take off this black dress and flourish and grieve And Ill pass as light by him as he does by me Oh, the cuckoo, shes a pretty bird, she sings as she flies She brings us glad tidings, she tells us no lies She sucks all pretty flowers to make her voice clear And she never sings Cuckoo till the Summer is here
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