Where Have You Been All The Day?
"Where have you been all the day,
My boy Tammy?"
"I've been all the day,
Courting of a lady gay:
But oh! she's too young
To be taken from her mammy."
[Pg 60] "What Work can she do,
My boy Tammy?
Can she bake and can she brew,
My boy Tammy?"
"She can brew and she can bake,
And she can make our wedding cake;
But oh! she's too young
To be taken from her mammy."
"What age may she be?
What age may she be?
My boy Tammy?"
"Twice two, twice seven,
Twice ten, twice eleven:
But oh! she's too young
To be taken from her mammy."
Girls and boys, come out to play
Girls and boys, come out to play,
The moon doth shine as bright as day;
Leave your supper, and leave your sleep,
And come with your playfellows into the street.
Come with a whoop, come with a call,
Come with a good will or not at all.
Up the ladder and down the wall,
A halfpenny roll will serve us all.
You find milk, and I'll find flour,
And we'll have a pudding in half-an-hour.
A man of words and not of deeds