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blac is a colour that is good |
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so say I and many mo |
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blac is my hat, blac is my hood |
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blac is all that longeth therto |
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summe men sayen I am blac- |
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it is a colour for my prow |
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ther I love, ther is no lac |
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I may not be so white as thou |
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blac wol do as good as nede |
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as the whiteat bord and bedde |
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and therto also trew in dede |
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and therto I ley my life to wedde |
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blac is a colour that is good |
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so say I and many mo |
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blac is my hat, blac is my hood |
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blac is all that longeth therto |
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wind and water may steyne the white |
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iwis; the blac it may not so |
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ther is the blac is all my delite |
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I am iholde be skile therto |
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pepper withoute it is well blac |
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iwis, withinne it is not so |
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lat go the colour an tak the smac |
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this I sey by me and mo |
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blac is a colour that is good |
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so say I and many mo |
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blac is my hat, blac is my hood |
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blac is all that longeth therto |
