Or hast thou bought me free,
Or art thou come to see me hung
Upon the gallows-tree?”
“I have not brought thy ball, my dear,
I have not bought thee free,
But I have come to see thee hung
Upon the gallows-tree.”
[The father and the mother then appear upon the “sty,” when the same request is made to the hangman in respect of each of them, and when they both declare that they have not brought the ball, etc. At last comes the sweetheart, who says:—]
“I have brought thy ball, my dear,
And I have bought thee free,