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Mistress of the Trade, 

A Sennen Smugglers Song

On Nanjizal Bay there lived a maid

Oh faddy raddle-ray

And she was mistress of the trade

And full of spirit they do say

With a faddy raddle raddle ray

A  raddle ray.

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Smuggling, yes smuggling,

smuggling was her ru-i-n

She'll go no more a smuggling

A raddle ray.

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If you went down Nanjizal Bay

Oh faddy raddle ray

To this lady you had to pay

For she was mistress of the trade

With a faddy raddle raddle ray

A raddle ray.

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Chorus.

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 She'd sell you tea wrapped up in silk

Oh faddy raddle-ray

The parsons wife a lace thread kilt

Some French wines left she for hisself

With a faddy raddle raddle ray

A raddle ray

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The magistrate he’d face the wall

Oh faddy raddle ray

When this fine lady came to call

Hid brandy kegs within his wall

With a faddy raddle raddle ray

A raddle ray

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