The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

by W. S. Gilbert

(Hey, but he's doleful, willow, willow waly!)

Nobody I care for comes a-courting me—

Hey, willow waly O!

Nobody I care for

Comes a-courting—therefore,

Hey, willow waly O!

He.Prithee, pretty maiden, will you marry me?

(Hey, but I'm hopeful, willow, willow waly!)

I may say, at once, I'm a man of propertee—