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Internet Book of Shadows, (Various Authors), [1999], at sacred-texts.com

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NOTTAMUN TOWN -Traditional

In Nottamun Town, in Nottamun Town

Not a soul would look up not a soul would look down

Not a soul would look up, not a soul would look down

To show me the way to fair Nottamun Town

I bought me a horse t'was called a grey mare

Grey mane and grey tail and green stripe on her back

Grey mane and grey tail and green stripe on her back

Weren't a hair upon her that was not coal black

She stood so still threw me to the dirt

She tore at my hide, she bruised my shirt

From saddle to stirrup I mounted again and on my ten toes I rode over the plain

When I got there no one did I see they all stood around me just looking at me i called for a cup to drive gladness away

And stifle the dust for it rained the whole day

And the King and the Queen and the company more

Came a riding behind and a walking before

Come a stark naked drummer beating a drum

With his hands in his bosom came marching along

Sat down on a hard hot cold frozen stone

Ten thousand stood round me but I was alone

Took my heart in my hand to keep myself warm

Ten thousand was drowned that never was born *

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