LOVE AND MATRIMONY. 417

 

Oh, madam, I will give you the keys of my chest,
To count my gold and silver when I am gone to rest,
If you will but wall abroad with me,

If you will but talk with me.

Oh, sir, I will accept of the keys of your chest,

To count your gold and silver when you are gone to rest,
And I will walk abroad with thee,

And I will talk with thee!

DCCXLIX.

MASTER I have, and I am his man,
Gallop a dreary dun;

Master I have, and I am his man,

And I'll get a wife as fast as I can;

With a heighly gaily gamberally,,

. Higgledy piggledy, niggledy, niggledy,
Gallop a dreary dun.

DCCL.

I poust, I doubt my fire is out,
My little wife isn’t at home;

I°ll saddle my dog, and I’ll bridle my cat,
And I'll go fetch my little wife home.

DCCLI.
ON Saturday night
Shall be all my care
To powder my locks
And curl my hair.

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