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Three merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we, As ever did sing in a hempen string Under the gallow-tree.
Three merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we, As ever did sing in a hempen string Under the gallow-tree.
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- Beaumont And Fletcher
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 712 · quotation 18 · Beaumont and Fletcher · Bloody Brother. Act III. Sc. 2. Song.
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