Not unless you like, sir.

I choose the fairest of you all,
The fairest one that I can see
Is ——, come to me.

—Clapham Middle-class Girls School (Mrs. Herbertson)].

XVIII.

Here comes the duke a-riding,
With my rantum, tantum, tantum, tee!
Here comes the duke a-riding,
With my rantum, tantum, tee!

What does the duke a-riding want?
With his rantum, tantum, tantum, tee, &c.

The youngest and fairest daughter you’ve got, &c.

—Dublin (Mrs. Coffey).

XIX.

Here comes a duke a-riding, a-riding, a-riding;
Here comes a duke a-riding, a ransom, tansom, tee!