The fair maid who, the first of May
This old nursery rhyme is called “The fair maid who, the first of May” — enjoy your reading!
“The fair maid who, the first of May,
Goes to the fields at break of day,
And washes in dew from the hawthorn tree
Will ever after handsome be.”
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