LEGEND OF THE THIEF

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Far away in a distant land lived the King of thieves
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he possessed many treasures, but was always evaded by love
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Not for the want of trying, though never to succeed, it
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seemed he could steal anything except for this one need.
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Then one day back in his lair he did discover and he did curse
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another with light fingers had robbed him of his purse,
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so back into the city and long into the night he hunted
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the soul who should be so sly, with his cash to alight.
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Oh the King of the thieves was he
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Easy come and easy go
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The King of the Thieves.
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He rattled his mind for recollections of that previous day,
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then that vision of the fair maiden brushed past him in that oh so peculiar way, well
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of course, it was so obvious and plain to see, for if he
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was king, then she must be
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Oh the Queen of the thieves was she
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Easy come and easy go
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The Queen of the thieves.
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Sure enough the following day their paths were to cross again
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well he followed her through the courtyard
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amused by her gain, gold and silver coins of the realm.
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She seemed to have magic fingers as
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into many pockets all did fell.
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Oh the Queen of the thieves was she
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Easy come and easy go
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The Queen of the Thieves.
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Soon both grew hungry and so into the tavern divine
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to drink of the local ale and sing badly out of time, into
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each others eyes, and into each others arms, the spell
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of love cast over them, embraced by their charms. They
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amassed between them a fortune and by night they
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threw it all away, they had no cares or worries for love
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would save the day.
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Oh the King and Queen of thieves were they,
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Easy come and easy go
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The King and Queen of Thieves.
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Then one year and one day precisely on the witching hour
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a child came unto them, but one arm shrivelled as a 
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dead flower. The Queen did cry and the King did weep
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and they searched the world for a cure, swearing
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never to steal again of this one thing they could
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be sure.
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Oh the King and Queen of the thieves were they
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Easy come and easy go
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The King and Queen of Thieves.
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Finally word came of a medicine man way up in the hills
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of a cure they could be sure, if only they kept their word.
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Around the smouldering couldron they sat as he
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chanted, then he poured onto the child's stricken arm a
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potion from his magic lantern. Sure enough the arm
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did heal and all the birds did sing, then the palm
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of the child's hand opened wide to reveal the
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midwife's wedding ring.
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Oh the Prince of thieves was he
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Easy come and easy go
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The Legend of the Thief.
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Oh the King, Queen, Prince of Thieves
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Easy come and easy go
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The Legend of the Thief

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