We’re good enough for you, sir, &c.

Through the kitchen and over the wall,
Pick the fairest of us all.

The fairest is that I can see, pretty Miss ——, come to me.

—East Kirkby, Lincolnshire (Miss K. Maughan).

VII.

Here come three dukes a-riding,
A-riding, a-riding;
Here come three dukes a-riding,
With a dusty, dusty, die!

What do you want with us, sirs? [repeat as above].

We’ve come to choose a wife, Miss, &c.

Which one of us will you have, sirs? &c.

You’re all too black and too browsy,
You sit in the sun so drowsy;
With a golden chain about your neck,
You’re all too black and too browsy.