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I just came down from Lover’s Well,
Some pleasure there to find,
A handsome girl from Michigan
So pleasing to my mind.

Her rosey cheeks and sparking eyes,
This arrow’s pierced my breast,
And they called her handsome Mary,
the Lily of the West.

I courted her for many’s a day,
Her love I thought to gain.
But too soon she slighted me,
Which caused me grief and pain.

She stole away my liberty
And deprived me of my rest.
And they called her handsome Mary,
the Lily of the West.

As I roved out one evening,
Down by a riverside
I spied a lord of a high degree
Conversing to my bride.

He sang a song so merrily
Whilst I was so repressed.
And he sang to handsome Mary,
the Lily of the West.

I rushed up to my rival,
A dagger in my hand,
I tore her from his arms
And I boldly did him stab.

Being mad with desperation,
My dagger pierced his breast,
And I was betrayed by Mary,
The Lily of the West.

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