OF NURSERY RHYMES. 33

 

WHERE are you going, my pretty maid?
I’m going a-milking, sir, she said.

May I go with you, my pretty maid ?
You're kindly welcome, sir, she said.
What is your father, my pretty maid?
My father’s a farmer, sir, she said.

Say, will you marry me, my pretty maid ?
Yes, if you please, kind sir, she said.
What is your fortune, my pretty maid ?
My face is my fortune, sir, she said.

Then I won’t marry you, my pretty maid!
Nobody asked you, sir! she said.

As I was going along, long, long,
A-singing a comical song, song, song,

The lane that I went was so long, long, long,
And the song that I sung was as long, long,
long, ;

And so I went singing along.