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3. dark woods all ! " She be - liev'd him craz'd, but his
made her his bride And
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This aiT, which is called " Were I a clerk," was sent to Moore through his Irish publisher, William Power, by Dr. George Petrie.
Moore inserted it with his song, in the fifth number of the Melodies, 1813 ; the subject of the ballad is to be found in many old
Scotch and English ballads.