Paula Meehan
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A young man fell in love with truth
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And searching the wide world for her
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He found her in a small house
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In a clearing in the forest
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She was old and she was stooped
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He pledged himself to her
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To chop wood and to carry water
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To collect the root the stem the leaf
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And the flowering top and seed
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Of every plant she’d need
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To do her work
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Years went by until one day
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The young man woke up longing for a child
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He went to the old woman
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And he asked to be released from his oath to her
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That he might return to the world
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“Certainly”, she said,
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“On one condition”
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“You must tell them that I’m young and beautiful.”
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“You must tell them that I’m young and beautiful.”