In half shirts and drawers these maids did run,

But bonny Nan the race has won.

A silver spoon this Nan obtain'd;

The next a silver bodkin gain'd;

The third that was not quite so nimble,

Was to have a silver thimble;

And she that was the last of all,

Nothing unto her share did fall.

In drawers red Ann Clayton run,

And she it was the race that won;