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Thread #169318   Message #4165772
Posted By: Joe Offer
21-Feb-23 - 03:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Roger's Courtship
Subject: ADD Version: Roger's Courtship
Here's the version from Marrow Bones, Gardiner No. H487, page 87 in the 2007 EFDSS edition of the book.

ROGER'S COURTSHIP

Now Roger my son, just listen to me
And I’ll give you good counsel for life.
Put on your best clothes and your very best hose
And I'll warrant you’ll get you a wife
You will,
Yes you will,
So you will,
And I'll warrant you’ll get you a wife
You will.

So Roger put on his very best clothes
Which neither were tattered nor torn.
And to match his best clothes he had new yellow hose
And he looked like a gentleman born
He did,
Yes he did,
So he did,
And he looked like a gentleman born,
He did.

The very first damsel he happened to meet
Was the farmer’s fine daughter named Grace.
But before he had whispered three words in her ear
She gave him a slap in the face
She did,
Yes she did,
So she did,
She gave him a slap in the face
She did.

As Roger was walking along the street
Admiring of all the fine folks;
He happened to kiss the wife of the priest
And she had him put in the stocks
She did,
Yes she did,
So she did,
She had him put in the stocks,
She did.

If these are the troubles of seeking a wife
I'll never look after another!
But I will live single the rest of my life
And I will go home to my mother!
I will,
Yes I will,
So I will,
And I will go home to my mother
I will.