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TRANSLATION 
1 I rose early one summer morn, (bis) 
While all were still asleep, he la. 
While all were still a-sleeping. 
2 Down the garden I tripped along, (bis) 
To pluck the snow-white rose, he la. 
To pluck the snow-white roses. 
3 Three white buds I hardly plucked, (bis) 
When my true-love I saw, he la. 
When my true-love came walking. 
4 “Sweetheart, O make a nosegay white, (bis) 
A nosegay fair and white, he la, 
A nosegay of white roses.” 
5 While she made the nosegay white, (bis) 
Her hand was pricked by thorns, he la 
By thorns were pricked her fingers. 
6 “You must fetch a doctor now, (bis) 
To heal my bleeding hand, he la. 
To heal my bleeding fingers!” 
7 “Doctor dear, O help me now, (bis) 
And heal my wounded hand, he la. 
And heal my wounded fingers!” 
8 “Not till you bathe it in water (bis) 
Will your hand cease to bleed, he la. 
And all your bleeding fingers! 
9 In a gold basin silver-wrought, (bis) 
O bathe your hand at once, he la. 
And cover it with roses!” 
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