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1. I once lov'd a bird, and a bonny bird, / And I thought to make him my own; / But he loves a she far better than me, / And has taken his flight and is flown.
2. I once lov'd a bird, and a bonny bird, / O I lovèd I vow and protest. / I lovèd him well, and O! so very well / I built him a nest in my breast.
3. O since he is gone, I will let him alone, / Although that I ache and I burn. / If he loves a she far better than me, / Then I hope he will not return.
4. I lookèd to East and I lookèd to West / The weather was hot and was calm. / And then I did spy my own bonny bird / Was perch'd on another maid's arm.
5. Then up the green valley and down the green grove, / As one distracted in mind, / With whoop and halloo, in sorrow I rove / No other such bird will I find.
6. Now if she have gotten my bonny bird, / I never shall get him again. / But though I have lost him for ever a day, / I'll think of him still in my pain.