[This second one then joins hands with the “lord,” and they dance round together, saying—]
You dirty wee scut, you wouldn’t come out
To help us with our dancing.
—Ballymiscaw school, co. Down (Miss C. N. Patterson).
There were one lord came out of Spain,
Who came to court your daughter Jane.
Your daughter Jane, she is too young
To be controlled by flattering tongue.
Oh! fare thee well; oh! fare thee well;
I’ll go and court some other girl.
Come back, come back, your coat is white,
And choose the fairest in your sight.
The fairest one that I can see, is ——, come to me.