Here comes a duke a-riding,
To court your daughter Jane.
My daughter Jane is far too young
To listen to your saucy tongue;
Go back, go back, you saucy Jack,
And clean your spurs and . . . . . .
My spurs are bright as bright can be,
With a tissima, tissima, tissima tee.
Go through the house, go through the hall,
And choose the fairest of them all.
The fairest one that I can see
Is ——. Come to me.
—Clapham School (Mrs. Herbertson).
Here comes three dukes a-riding, a-riding,
Here comes three dukes a-riding, to court your daughter Jane.
My daughter Jane is yet too young
To bear your silly, flattering tongue.