Bit of Plagiarism here, I think


THE ROVING BACHELOR (a)
English and Scots Traditional
From "Sam Henry's Songs of the People" page 263.

I am a roving bachelor and have been all my life,
But now I am determined to gang and tak' a wife.

With my rum-rum-row, a raddy rum-rum-row.

Now the sort of wife that I do want, she's no aisy to be fun',
She must be tall and handsome and worth a thoosan' pun'.

I strolled into the market place to see what a cud see,
When the bravest lass in a' the town begun tae wink at me.

I step-ped up beside her, said I, 'My maid sae shy ...'
The answer that she gaed me was, 'A'm nae sae shy as dry.'

The question then I axed her, what wud she hae tae drink?
The answer that she gaed me, 'Just onythin' ye think.'

The next question that I axed her, wud she no hae a gless?
And the answer that she gaed me, 'Ye couldna offer less.'

The next question that I axed her, did she ne'er lo'e a man?
The answer that she gaed me, 'I never loo'd but wan.'

Next question that I axed her, what like that might he be?
The answer that she gaed me was, 'The very image o' thee.'

Next question that I axed her, what way did she gang hame?
The answer that she gaed me, 'The very yin I came.'

So now we hae got married and the neighbours all can tell
That though she's tall and handsome she wears the breeks hersel'.