If you don’t answer my questions well,
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
I’ll take you off, and I live in hell,
And you the weavering bonty.
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Oh, what is whiter far than milk?
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
And what is softer far than silk?
And you the weavering bonty.
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Oh, snow is whiter far than milk
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
And down is softer far than silk,
And me the weavering bonty.
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Oh, what is louder than a horn?
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
And what is sharper than a thorn?
And you the weavering bonty.
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Oh, thunder’s louder than a horn,
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
And death is sharper than a thorn,
And me the weavering bonty.
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Oh, what is higher than a tree?
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
And what is deeper than the sea?
And you the weavering bonty.
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Oh, heaven’s higher than a tree,
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
And hell is deeper than the sea,
And me the weavering bonty.
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Oh, what red fruit September grows?
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
And what thing round the whole world goes?
And you the weavering bonty.
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The apple in September grows,
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
And air around the whole world goes,
And me the weavering bonty.
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Oh, what is wicked man’s repay?
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
And what is worse than woman’s way?
And you the weavering bonty.
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Now, hell is wicked man’s repay,
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
And a she-devil’s worse than woman’s way,
And me the weavering bonty.
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Oh, you have answered my questions well,
Sing ninety-nine and ninety,
But, I’ll take you off, ’cause I live in hell,
And you the weavering bonty.
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