I'll have a piece of cake here yet.

Maybe if I sing Wagoner's Lad. Poor soul. Who knows why she courted the wagoner's lad, and why he left her with such curt and cruel words? How old or young might have they been? Twenty? Thirteen? How did they meet? Why did she place her love and hopes with such a creature as a wagoner's lad, rather than a full-blown wagoner? Did he get her pregnant and want to leave, or did he just decide he'd like to move on? The brevity of the song leaves much to the imagination. By all means, you with songbooks, ready to pounce, please add lyrics to enlighten us.

WAGONER'S LAD
(WAGGONER'S LAD, I suppose, if you are English)

Oh hard is the fortune of all womankind
She's always controlled; she's always confined
Controlled by her parents until she's a wife
A slave to her husband the rest of her life

I'm just a poor girl my fortune is sad
I've always been courted by the wagoner's lad
He treated me kindly by night and by day
And now with me lately he will not stay.

Your horses are hungry come feed them some hay
Come sit down beside me as long as you may
My horses aren't hungry they won't eat your hay
So fare you well darling I'll be on my way.

(Repeat first verse)

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 22-Jan-02.