The Lover's Tasks/ The Riddle

Go and tell him to clear me one acre of ground
 Setherwood sale, rosemary and thyme
 Between the sea and the sea-land side
 And then he'll be a true lover of mine
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 Go and tell her to sew me a cambrick shirt
 Setherwood sale, rosemary and thyme
 Without any needle or needle's work
 And then she'll be a true lover of mine
 Go and tell him to plow with a plow of old leather
 Setherwood sale, rosemary and thyme
 And hoe it all down with a pea fowls feather
 And then he'll be a true lover of mine
 Go and tell her to wash it in yonder well
 Setherwood sale, rosemary and thyme
 Where never was water nor rain ever fell
 And then a she'll be a true lover of mine
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 Go and tell him to plant with one grain of corn
 Setherwood sale, rosemary and thyme
 And reap it all down with an old ram's horn
 And then he'll be a true lover of mine
 Go and tell her to hang it on yonder thorn
 Setherwood sale, rosemary and thyme
 Which never bore leaf since Adam was born
 And then she'll be a true lover of mine
 And then he'll be a true lover of mine
 And then she'll be a true lover of mine