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THREE DUKES |
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What is your intention, sir ? &c. [as above].
My intention is to marry, &c.
Marry one of us, sir ? &c.
You're all too black and dirty (or greasy), &c.
We're good enough for you, sir, &c.
You're all as stiff as pokers, &c.
We can bend as much as you, sir, &c.
Through the kitchen and through the hall,
I choose the fairest of you all;
The fairest one as I can see
Is pretty--------------, come to me.
Now I've got my bonny lass,
Bonny lass, bonny lass; Now I've got my bonny lass
To help us with our dancing.
—Barnes, Surrey (A. B. Gomme).
XL Here comes one duke a-riding, a-riding, a-riding; Here comes one duke a-riding On a ransom, dansom bay !
You're all so black and dirty, &c.
Pray which of us will you choose, sir, &c.
Up in the kitchen, down in the hall, And choose the fairest one of all. The fairest one that I can see
Is pretty Miss----------, so come to me.
—Booking, Essex (Folk-lore Record, vol. iii., pt. ii., pp. 170-171).
XII. Here comes one duke a-riding, a-riding, a-riding,
Here comes one duke a-riding, with a ransom, tansom, ta!
Pray which of us will you choose, sir ? &c. You're all so black and so blousey, &c. We're quite as white as you, sir, &c. |
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