The Poetry Corner

Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLXXXIII. Love And Matrimony. [Cumberland courtship.]

By Unknown

Bonny lass, canny lass, willta be mine? Thou'se neither wesh dishes, nor sarrah ( serve) the swine, Thou sall sit on a cushion, and sew up a seam, And thou sall eat strawberries, sugar, and cream!