I cannot come every day to woo.

I've corn and hay in the barn hard-by,

And three fat hogs pent up in the sty,

I have a mare and she is coal black,

I ride on her tail to save my back.

Then, say, my Joan, will not that do?

I cannot come every day to woo.

I have a cheese upon the shelf,

And I cannot eat it all myself;

I've three good marks that lie in a rag,