Once I loved a young girl as I loved my life And I thought in my mind I could make her my wife With her white cotton stockings and her high ankle shoes And she wears a yellow handkerchief wherever she goes So wear this yellow handkerchief in remembrance of me And wear it round your neck love in flash company Flash company my boys like a great many more If it hadn't been for flash company I'd never have been so poor Fiddling and dancing were all my delight But keeping flash company has ruined me quite Has ruined me quite my love like a great many more If it hadn't have been for flash company I'd never have been so poor So wear this yellow handkerchief in remembrance of me And wear it round your neck love in flash company Flash company my boys like a great many more If it hadn't been for flash company I'd never have been so poor Once I had a colour as red as the rose But now I'm as pale as the lily that grows Like a flower in the garden all my colour has gone Don't you see what I have come to from loving this one So wear this yellow handkerchief in remembrance of me And wear it round your neck love in flash company Flash company my boys like a great many more If it hadn't been for flash company I'd never have been so poor
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