(Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese)

His last brew of ale was a trifle hard—

The connexion of which with the plot one sees.

The farmer's daughter hath frank blue eyes;

(Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese)

She hears the rooks caw in the windy skies,

As she sits at her lattice and shells her peas.

The farmer's daughter hath ripe red lips;

(Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese)

If you try to approach her, away she skips