And stop when I choose, or whenever you wish it.
Chorus—Certainly, certainly, etc.
While Jemmy is plowing and learning to whistle,
My wife is at home, in the shade of a thistle,
In a neat little nest, with a wild rose behind it.
You need not look for it, for you never can find it.
The farmer is plowing, and soon will be mowing;
While he’s cutting the daisies his corn will be growing.
When the heads on the barley are ripe, and the cherry,