I found the traditional JOLLY TINKER in the DTDB; but I did not find this one, and wonder if anyone can tell me its proper name or its source. I remember this set of words from learning them some forty years ago.

THE JOLLY TINKER

A jolly young tinker from London Town
Fell deeply in love with a maid.
How often he courted her to lie down
But she swore she wouldn't be laid.
And still he pursued her, and still she refused
To consent to his wicked will.
She said, "You must tarry, until we are married,
And then you may have your fill."

And when he saw he could not have
The jewel he had pursued,
Although he had tried again and again,
She had vowed she wouldn't be lewd.
At last he submitted, and thus he permitted
The parson to enter the door.
He knew not his bride had been tested and tried
By one she had loved before.

And when the wedding had been declared,
The fifes and fiddles were played.
And oh, what a thumping and bumping was there
To win the heart of the maid.
There was Hey-Diddle and Jackie-Come-Fiddle,
And while the music vied,
There was scratching and thumping and leaping and bumping
To win the heart of the bride.

But ere three months had pass'ed by,
A bouncing baby was born.
"You vixen!" he was heard to cry,
With bitterness and scorn.
"You're a harlot," cried he. "You're a cuckold," said she,
And finding himself betrayed,
There was kicking and fighting and scratching and biting;
His jewel had proved a jade!