"for to" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Danish for at",
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          "ref": "c. 1843, “Polly-Wolly-Doodl[e]”, in Hoyt Parmelee et al., compilers, A Collection of Songs and Ballads as Sung by Alpha Kappa Phi and Germanæ Sodales Societies, of Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan, Hillsdale, Mich.: Leader Steam Print, published 1885, →OCLC, page 11",
          "text": "Farewell! Farewell! / Farewell, my fairy fay! / Oh, I'm off to Louisiana / For to see my Susy Anna, / Singing, \"Polly-wolly-doodle\" all the day!",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1937, John Betjeman, The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel",
          "text": "Mr. Woilde, we ‘ave come for tew take yew\nWhere felons and criminals dwell:\nWe must ask yew tew leave with us quoietly\nFor this is the Cadogan Hotel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Jackie Greene (lyrics and music), “Honey I Been Thinking About You”, in Sweet Somewhere Bound",
          "text": "All that I need for to be satisfied is a woman who's nothing like me",
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        "Elaboration of to.",
        "Expressing purpose: in order to."
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        "(obsolete outside dialect or poetic use) Elaboration of to.",
        "Expressing purpose: in order to."
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          "ref": "1971, Dewey Bunnell (lyrics and music), “A Horse with No Name”, performed by America",
          "text": "In the desert you can remember your name, / 'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain",
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        "(obsolete outside dialect or poetic use) Elaboration of to.",
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      "expansion": "Danish for at",
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          "ref": "c. 1843, “Polly-Wolly-Doodl[e]”, in Hoyt Parmelee et al., compilers, A Collection of Songs and Ballads as Sung by Alpha Kappa Phi and Germanæ Sodales Societies, of Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan, Hillsdale, Mich.: Leader Steam Print, published 1885, →OCLC, page 11",
          "text": "Farewell! Farewell! / Farewell, my fairy fay! / Oh, I'm off to Louisiana / For to see my Susy Anna, / Singing, \"Polly-wolly-doodle\" all the day!",
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        {
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          "text": "Mr. Woilde, we ‘ave come for tew take yew\nWhere felons and criminals dwell:\nWe must ask yew tew leave with us quoietly\nFor this is the Cadogan Hotel.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "(obsolete outside dialect or poetic use) Elaboration of to.",
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