"So fare you well, my lady gay, We must turn another way." "Turn back, turn back, you Spanish knight, And choose the fairest in your sight." "I'll not take one nor two nor three, But pray, Miss [Lucy], walk with me." The Spanish knight takes the girl named by the hand, and marches off with her. Walking round the room, he returns, saying, "Here comes your daughter safe and sound, In her pocket a thousand pound, "On her finger a gay gold ring-- I bring your daughter home again." In Philadelphia the game had a peculiar ending, which, however, as we shall see, preserved, though in a corrupt form, an ancient trait: "Here comes your daughter safe and sound, In her pocket a thousand pound, "On her finger a gay gold ring: Will you take your daughter in?" "No!" The girl then runs away, the mother pursuing her. The Spanish knight catches her, and brings her back, saying, "Here comes your daughter safe and sound, In her pocket _no_ thousand pound, On her finger _no_ gay gold ring, Will you take your daughter in?" "Yes!" The daughter then once more flies, and the Spanish knight has to catch her. The following is a New England version: "We are three brethren from Spain, Come to court your daughter Jane." "My daughter Jane is yet too young To be courted by your flattering tongue." "Be she young, or be she old, It is for gold she must be sold. Then fare ye well, my lady gay, I must return another day." "Come back, come back, you Spanish knight, Your boots and spurs shine very bright." "My boots and spurs they count you nought, For in this town they were not bought." "Come back, come back, you Spanish knight, And choose the fairest in your sight." "This is too black, and that is too brown, And this is the fairest in the town." The only part of the country, so far as we know, in which the game now survives is the neighborhood of Cincinnati, where it is still played in a reduced but original form: "Here comes a knight, a knight of Spain, To court your daughter, lady Jane." "My lady Jane, she is too young, To be controlled by flattering tongue." "Be she young or be she old, Her beauty's fair, she must be sold." "Go back, go back, you Spanish man, And choose the fairest in the land." "The fairest one that I can see, Is [Annie Hobart] to walk with me." The game now proceeds, "Here come two knights," then with three, four, etc., till all the players are mated.[35]