Is his gouty shoe may fit him.
| [Bonny lass! bonny lass!] Will you be mine? You shall neither wash dishes Nor serve the wine, But sit on a cushion and sew up a seam, And you shall have strawberries, sugar and cream. |
| [I won’t be my father’s Jack,] I won’t be my father’s Jill, I will be the fiddler’s wife, And have music when I will. T’other little tune, t’other little tune, Prythee, love, play me t’other little tune. |
LONDON BRIDGE. | |
![]() | [London bridge isbroken down,] Dance over my Lady Lee, London bridge is broken down, With a gay ladye. How shall we build it up again? Dance over my Lady Lee, How shall we build it up again? With a gay ladye. |
| We’ll build it up with gravel and stone, Dance over my Lady Lee, We’ll build it up with gravel and stone, With a gay ladye. Gravel and stone will be washed away, Dance over my Lady Lee, Gravel and stone will be washed away, With a gay ladye. We’ll build it up with iron and steel, Dance over my Lady Lee, We’ll build it up with iron and steel, With a gay ladye. Iron and steel will bend and break, Dance over my Lady Lee, Iron and steel will bend and break, With a gay ladye. We’ll build it up with silver and gold, Dance over my Lady Lee, We’ll build it up with silver and gold, With a gay ladye. Silver and gold will be stolen away, Dance over my Lady Lee, Silver and gold will be stolen away, With a gay ladye. We’ll set a man to watch it then, Dance over my Lady Lee, We’ll set a man to watch it then, With a gay ladye. Suppose the man should fall asleep, Dance over my Lady Lee, Suppose the man should fall asleep, With a gay ladye. We’ll put a pipe into his mouth, Dance over my Lady Lee, We’ll put a pipe into his mouth, With a gay ladye. |
| [Tom, Tom, the piper’s son,] Stole a pig, and away he run; The pig was eat, And Tom was beat, And Tom ran crying down the street. |
