THE SOLDIER IN YORKSHIRE.
THERE was a jolly soldier down into Yorkshire went,
And for to court a pretty girl was his whole intent;
He courted her, and told her he lov'd her as his life,
Poor girl, she little thought he had another wife.
He courted her six months, with behaviour mild and kind;
Her friends and relations did like him, so we find;
He said, "My dearest Peggy, I love you as my life,
And if your friends are willing, you shall be my wife."
Her father and her mother they both did agree,