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PART I	A
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The auld wife sat at her ivied door	B
Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese	C
A thing she had frequently done before	B
And her spectacles lay on her apron d knees	C
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The piper he pip d on the hill top high	A
Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese	C
Till the cow said I die and the goose asked Why	A
And the dog said nothing but search d for fleas	C
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The farmer he strode through the square farmyard	D
Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese	C
His last brew of ale was a trifle hard	D
The connection of which with the plot one sees	C
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The farmer s daughter hath frank blue eyes	E
Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese	C
She hears the rooks caw in the windy skies	E
As she sits at her lattice and shells her peas	C
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The farmer s daughter hath ripe red lips	F
Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese	C
If you try to approach her away she skips	F
Over tables and chairs with apparent ease	C
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The farmer s daughter hath soft brown hair	G
Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese	C
And I met with a ballad I can t say where	G
Which wholly consisted of lines like these	C
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PART II	A
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She sat with her hands neath her dimpled cheeks	H
Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese	C
And spake not a word While a lady speaks	H
There is hope but she did n t even sneeze	C
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She sat with her hands neath her crimson cheeks	H
Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese	C
She gave up mending her father s breeks	C
And let the cat roll in her best chemise	C
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She sat with her hands neath her burning cheeks	C
Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese	C
And gaz d at the piper for thirteen weeks	C
Then she follow d him out o er the misty leas	C
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Her sheep follow d her as their tails did them	I
Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese	C
And this song is consider d a perfect gem	I
And as to the meaning it s what you please	C

Charles Stuart Calverley

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