Here are two versions from Canada from Fowke's informants:

The first is from Fowke, "Ring Around the Moon" pp. 122-123. The last stanza is from The Courting Case.

Madam I Have Come A-Courting- sung by Mrs. Arlington Fraser of Lancaster, Ontario, 1961. Collected by Edith Fowke.

1. Madam, I have come a-courting,
If your favor I might gain,
If you'll freely entertain me
Oh, perhaps I'll call again.

CHORUS: Da-di-dum, a-derry, a-derry, a-derry,
Da-di-dum a-derry, a-derry, a-day,

2. Blue is a handsome colour,
Till it gets a second dip,
Like young men when they go a-courting
Very often make a slip.
CHORUS:

Madam, I have gold and silver,
Madam, I have houses and land;
Madam, I have a worldly treasure,
All to be at your command.
CHORUS:

What care I for your gold or silver?
What care I for your house and land?
What care I for your worldly treasure?
All I want is a handsome young man.
CHORUS:

The biggest apple soon grow rotten,
The hottest love soon grows cold;
Young men's words are soon forgotten,
Pretty fair maid, don't speak so bold.
CHORUS:

A handsome man I do admire
A handsome man I do adore
A handsome man I mean to marry
Be him rich or be him poor.
CHORUS:

Madam you are very saucy
Madam you are hard to please
Madam you are very saucy--
I hope to the Lord that you will freeze.
CHORUS:

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The 2nd is from A Family Heritage: The Story and Songs of LaRena Clark by Edith Fowke, Jay Rahn, LaRena LeBarr Clark. There are only two secondary stanzas of Madam in this unusual version.

Rattle on the Stovepipe- sung by LaRena Clark (ON) c.1960 Fowke

CHORUS 1: Rattle on the stovepipe, bootjack, Jew's harp
Rattle on the stovepipe, bootjack, Joe!
Rattle on the stovepipe, bootjack, Jew's harp,
Rattle on the stovepipe, bootjack, Joe!

1. She was kissing; I was wishing
Didn't know what she was about,
Robbed me of my gold and silver,
Then she kicked me threw me out.

CHORUS 2: Rattle on the stovepipe, bootjack, Jew's harp
Rattle on the stovepipe, bootjack, Joe!

2. Blue is a pretty colour,
Before it get a second dip,
Young boys when they go a-courting
Very often get the slip.

CHORUS 2: Rattle on the stovepipe, bootjack, Jew's harp
Rattle on the stovepipe, bootjack, Joe!

3. Ripest apples soon grow rotten,
Hottest love will soon grow cold.
Pretty maids are soon forgotten;
I pray young men don't be so bold.

CHORUS 2: Rattle on the stovepipe, bootjack, Jew's harp
Rattle on the stovepipe, bootjack, Joe!

4. Deepest water running swiftly
Birds a-flying through the air,
Kiss the young men, go a courting,
Kind sir, I don't have a care

Chorus 1

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Richie