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T:Once I Loved a maiden fair  
B:Sabine Baring Gould, 1895, Old English Songs from English Minstrelsie, 1895
F: http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:Once I loved a maid-en fair; But she did de-ceive me; 
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w:She with Ve-nus might com-pare, If you will be-lieve me. 
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w:She was young, And a-mong All our maids the sweet-est, 
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w:Now I say, Ah! well a day! Bright-est hopes are fleet-est.