The Spanish knight takes the girl named by the hand, and marches off with her. Walking round the room, he returns, saying,
"Here comes your daughter safe and sound,
In her pocket a thousand pound,
"On her finger a gay gold ring—
I bring your daughter home again."
In Philadelphia the game had a peculiar ending, which, however, as we shall see, preserved, though in a corrupt form, an ancient trait:
"Here comes your daughter safe and sound,
In her pocket a thousand pound,
"On her finger a gay gold ring:
Will you take your daughter in?"
"No!"
The girl then runs away, the mother pursuing her. The Spanish knight catches her, and brings her back, saying,
"Here comes your daughter safe and sound,
In her pocket no thousand pound,
On her finger no gay gold ring,
Will you take your daughter in?"