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 Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy.
 [Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]
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 Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy.
 [Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]
   - credited to Sophie Arnould, 
Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.
Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.
 For of Fortune's sharpe adversite,
 The worste kynde of infortune is this,
  A man to hav bent read more 
 For of Fortune's sharpe adversite,
 The worste kynde of infortune is this,
  A man to hav bent in prosperite,
   And it remembren whan it passed is. 
Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.
Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.
 I walked a mile with Pleasure,
 She chattered all the way;
  But left me none the wiser,
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 I walked a mile with Pleasure,
 She chattered all the way;
  But left me none the wiser,
   For all she had to say.
    I walked a mile with Sorrow
     And ne'er a word said she;
      But, oh, the things I learned from her
       When Sorrow walked with me! 
Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.
Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.
 The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
 Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.  
 The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
 Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown. 
 My sorrows are overwhelming, but my virtue is left to me.
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 My sorrows are overwhelming, but my virtue is left to me.
 [Fr., Mes malheurs sont combles, mais ma vertu me reste.] 
 To Sorrow
 I bade good-morrow,
  And though to leave her far away behind;
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 To Sorrow
 I bade good-morrow,
  And though to leave her far away behind;
   But cheerly, cheerly,
    She loves me dearly:
     She is so constant to me, and so kind.