Love
Hemp-seed I set
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Love
Hemp-seed I set,
Hemp-seed I sow,
The young man that I love,
Come after me and mow!
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Love and Matrimony.
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