I am Dicky of Ballyman;

An honest lad, though I am poor,—

I never was in love before.

“I have an uncle, the best of friends,

Sometimes to me a fat rabbit he sends;

And many other dainty fowl,

To please my life, my joy, my soul.

“Sometimes I reap, sometimes I mow,

And to the market I do go,

To sell my father’s corn and hay,—