Partners having been chosen, the girl says—
"Come, my dearest partner, and join both heart and hand;
You want you a wife, and I want me a man.
So married we will be, if we can agree,
We'll march down together, so happy are we."
The partners now separate, the lad saying—
"Now I must part, and leave you alone,
So fare you well, my true love, till I return."
The maid replies—
"I mourn, I mourn, for that is the cry,
I'm left all alone, and I'm sure I shall die."
But, after walking round, rejoins her partner, who welcomes her—
"Oh, here comes my love, and how do you do?
And how have you been since I parted with you?"
The pair then address the row—