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

Over tables and chairs with apparent ease.

The farmer's daughter hath soft brown hair

(Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese),

And I met with a ballad, I can't say where,

Which wholly consisted of lines like these.

Part II