And my husband ne'er had such a cap to his head.
But go to my cousin, who lives at the mill,
I know she had one, and she may have it still;
Tell her I sent you, she'll lend it, I know."
"Thank ye," says Joan, and away she did go.
So, straight to the house of the miller she went,
And told her that she by her cousin was sent,
To borrow a thing which was wondrous rare,
'Twas a large cuckold's cap, which her husband did wear.
"I do not dispute but such things there may be;