1. "Oh, 'tis time I should talk to your mother, Sweet Mary," says I; "Oh, don't talk to my mother," says Mary, Beginning to cry, 2. "For my mother says men are deceivers, And never, I know, will consent; She says all girls in a hurry to marry At leisure repent." 3. "Then, suppose I would talk to your father, Sweet Mary," says I; "Oh, don't talk to my father," says Mary, Beginning to cry,

4. "For my father, he loves me so dearly He'll never consent I should go If you talk to my father," says Mary, "He'll surely say 'no'." 5. "Then how shall I get you, my jewel? Sweet Mary," says I; "If your father and mother so cruel, Most surely I'll die!" 6. "Oh, never say die, dear," says Mary; "A way now to save you, I see; Since my parents are both so contrary You'd better ask me."

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