And I'll go with you a-milking.

I'm going a-milking, sir, says she,

Through the dew, and across the lea;

You ne'er would even yourself to me,

Or take me for your sweetheart.

When the morning sun, &c.

Now give me your milking-stool awhile,

To carry it down to yonder stile;

I'm wishing every step a mile,

And myself your only sweetheart.