If you will but walk abroad with me,
If you will but talk with me.
Oh, sir, I will accept of the keys of your chest,
To count your gold and silver when you are gone to rest,
And I will walk abroad with thee,
And I will talk with thee!
[*] This proves the song was not later than the era of chopines, or high cork shoes.
[†] Another proof of antiquity. It must probably have been written before the invention of bell-pulls.
CCCCLXVII.
He. If you with me will go, my love,