"Where did thou get the white money,

And where get the yellow gold?"

"I met a fond fool by the way,

I swopped horses, and gave him no boot;

But never mind," says the old man,

"I got a fond fool by the foot."

"But now you're grown cramped and old,

Nor fit for to travel about;"

"O, never mind," says the old man,

"I can give these old bones a route!"