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BY THE WATERFALLS OF ILKLEY MOOR

By Josie Whitehead

By the Waterfalls of Ilkley Moor, part 2.

By the waterfalls of Ilkley Moor
     My love and I did part.
She’d sworn to me fidelity
     But didn’t give her heart.

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She’d promised all her love for me
     Until my dying day -

But despite these words, my Ruby dear
       Was sadly led astray.

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In spring, beneath the cherry trees,
      I met her once again,
But her new love had jilted her
     And left her full of pain.

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I looked down at her lovely face:
     Her intentions were quite clear,
And I’m standing by the river now -
      And with my Ruby dear!

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