—Annaverna, Ravensdale, Co. Louth (Miss R. Stephens).

XII.

There came three dukes a-riding, riding, riding;
Oh! we be come all out of Spain,
All for to court your daughter Jane.

My daughter Jane, she is too young,
She has not learned her mother-tongue.

Let her be young, or let her be old,
The fate of beauty’s to be sold.

Here’s my daughter safe and sound,
And in her pocket a thousand pound,
And on her finger a gay gold ring.

Here’s your daughter not safe nor sound,
And in her pocket no thousand pound,
And on her finger no gay gold ring;
Open your door and take her in.

—London (Miss Dendy).

XIII.

There came three dukes all out of Spain,
All for to court your daughter Jane.