"Why, what the deuce does mother want? "I snigs-I daresn't go ;

"I shall get funn'd-and then-plague on't

"Folks will laugh at me so!"

Yankee doodle, &c.

"Pho! pho! fix up, a courting go,

"To see the deacon's Sarah,

"Who'll have a hundred pound, you know,

"As soon as she does marry."

Yankee doodle, &c.

Then Jonathan, in best array,
Mounted his dappled nag, sir,

But trembled, sadly, all the way
Lest he should get the bag, sir.*

Yankee doodle, &c.

* See note, page 39.

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He mutter'd as he rode along,
Our Jotham overheard, sir,

And if 'twill gingle in my song,
I'll tell you every word, sir.

Yankee doodle, &c.

"I wonder mother'll make me go,
"Since girls I am afraid of,

"I never know'd, nor want to know,
"What sort of stuff they're made of."

Yankee doodle, &c.

"A wife would make good housen* stuff, "If she were down-right clever,

"And Sal would suit me well enough, "If she would let me have her."

Yankee doodle, &c.

Housen is a corruption for household.

"But then, I sha'n't know what to say,*

"When we are left together,

"I'd rather lie in stack of hay,

"In coldest winter weather."

Yankee doodle, &c.

He reach'd the house, as people say,
Not far from eight o'clock, sir,

And Joel hollow'd "in, I say,"

As soon as he did knock, sir.

Yankee doodle, &c.

He made of bows, 'twixt two and three,
Just as his mother taught him,

All which were droll enough to see ;

You'd think the cramp had caught him.

Yankee doodle, &c.

* "A courting I went to my love,
"Who is fairer than roses in May,
"And when I got to her, by Jove,
"The devil a word could I say."

See an old English comedy.

At length came in the deacon's Sal

From milking at the barn, sir; And faith she is as good a gal* Ar ever twisted yarn, sir.'

Yankee doodle, &c.

For she knows all about affairs,

Can wash, and bake, and brew,† sir,. Sing "Now I lay me," say her prayers, And make a pudding too, sir.

Yankee doodle, &c.

To Boston market she has been
On horse, and in a wagon,

And many pretty things has seen,

Which every one can't brag on.

Yankee doodle, &c.

* Gal is, in New England, the vulgar pronunciation of the word girl.

† Most of the householders, in New England, have their washing, baking, and brewing, done within their own precincts. A young lady, who does not understand these branches of business is considered as not qualified for matrimony.

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She's courted been, by many a lad,

And knows how sparking's done, sir, With Jonathan she was right glad,

To have a little fun, sir.

Yankee doodle, &c.

The ladies all, as I should guess,
And many a lady's man, sir,

Would wish to know about her dress;

I'll tell them all I can, sir.

Yankee doodle, &c.

Her wrapper, grey, was not so bad,
Her apron check'd with blue, sir,

One stocking on one foot she had,

On t'other foot a shoe, sir.

Yankee doodle, &c.

Now should a Boston lady read,

Of Sally's shoe and stocking,

She'd say a "monstrous slut, indeed,

Oh la !-she is quite shocking!"

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Yankee doodle, &c.