The Ups And Downs

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As we jogged on together, me boys, together side by side
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By chance this fair maid's garter, by chance it came untied
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For fear that she might lose it, I unto her did say
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"Oh, your garter's come untied, me love, fol-der-o diddle-o-day
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"Oh, your garter's come untied, me love, fol-der-o diddle-o-day

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As we rode on together, me boys, to the outskirts of the town
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At length this fair young damsel, she stopped and looked around
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"Oh, since you've been so venturesome, pray tie it up for me"
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"Oh, I will if you go to the apple grove, fol-der-o diddle-o-day
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Oh, I will if you go to the apple grove, fol-der-o diddle-o-day"

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And when we got to the apple grove, the grass was growing high
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I laid this girl upon her back, her garter for to tie
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While tying of her garter, such sights I never did see
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And we both jogged on together, me boys, fol-der-o diddle-o-day
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And we both jogged on together, me boys, fol-der-o diddle-o-day

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"Oh, since you've had your will of me, come tell to me your name
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Likewise your occupation and where and whence you came"
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"Me name is Mickey the drover boy, from Dublin town come I
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And I live at the sign of the Ups And Downs, fol-der-o diddle-o-day
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Oh, I live at the sign of the Ups And Downs, fol-der-o diddle-o-day"

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And when she got to Aylesbury, her butter was not sold
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And the losing of her maidenhead, it made her blood run cold
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"He's gone, he's gone, he's gone", she said, "He's not the lad for me
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For he lives at the sign of the Ups And Downs, fol-der-o diddle-o-day
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For he lives at the sign of the Ups And Downs, fol-der-o diddle-o-day"