[There was an old man in a velvet coat,]
He kiss’d a maid and gave her a groat;
The groat was crack’d and would not go.
Ah, old man, do you serve me so?
| [Three wise men of Gotham] Went to sea in a bowl, And if the bowl had been stronger My song had been longer. |
| [Wash me and comb me] And lay me down softly, And set me on a bank to dry, That I may look pretty, When some one comes by. |
| [Up in the green orchard there is a green tree,] The finest of pippins that ever you see; The apples are ripe, and ready to fall, And Reuben and Robin shall gather them all. |