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" I'm a poor
" I'm a poor
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tell them you're a
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stran - ger, and far from my own."
stran - ger, and far from my own."
stran - ger, so far from her own."
stran - ger, and far from your own.
For Note to the above song see Appendix.
* Verse 3 adapted from a broadside ballad in the British Museum Library.