One of my favorite upbeat songs is "YOU AND I IN THE ONE BED LIE":A nobleman's fair daughter was walkin' down yon lane
When up comes Captain Dixon, the keeper of the game
Says he unto his serving-man, "If it was not for the law
I'd have that maid within my bed and she'd lie next to the wall.""Go away young man," says she, "and do not me perplex
Before I lie one night with you you'll answer questions six
Six questions you will answer, and I will make them all
Before you and I in the one bed lie and I lie next to the wall.""What is rounder than a ring? What's higher than a tree?
What is worse than womankind? What's deeper than the sea?
What tree blooms first? What bird sings best? From where do dewdrops fall?
Then it's you and I in the one bed lie and I lie next to the wall.""A globe is rounder than a ring, sky higher than a tree.
A girl is worse than womankind, hell deeper than the sea.
The yew blooms first, the thrush sings best, from heaven the dewdrops fall,
So it's you and I in the one bed lie and you lie next to the wall.""You must get for me some winter fruit that in December grew
Find for me a mantle, a weft it never went through
A sparrow's horn, a priest unshorn, a bird without a gall
Then it's you and I in the one bed lie and I lie next to the wall.""My father has some winter fruit that in December grew
My mother wears a mantle, a weft it never went through
A sparrow's horn's not hard to find, there's one in every claw
Melchizedek is a priest unshorn" - and he rolled her to the wall!Another version of this is listed in the database as "Captain Wedderburn's Courtship".
Also fun is "Invitation To a Funeral" - if you're looking to hear the tune of it, it's the Temperance Reel.
Slán,
Kiwi