[Verse 1]
Come all you fair and tender girls
That flourish in your prime
Beware, beware, with your garden fair
Let no man steal your thyme
[Refrain]
Let no man steal your thyme
[Verse 2]
For woman is a branchy tree
And man, a clinging vine
And from her branches carelessly
He'll take what he can find
[Refrain]
He'll take what he can find
[Verse 3]
When your thyme, it is passed and spared
He'll care no more for you
And every place where your chance was waste
Shall spread all over with rue
[Refrain]
Shall spread all over with rue
[Verse 1]
Come all you fair and tender girls
That flourish in your prime
Beware, beware, with your garden fair
Let no man steal your thyme
[Refrain]
Let no man steal your thyme
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