(A New Version, as Sung under the Gallery with the Greatest Success by the Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Junior Member for Northampton, Mr. Charles Bradlaugh.) “Where are you going to, my stubborn head? Where are you going to, my stubborn head?” “I’m going a-swearing, GOSSET,” he said; “I’m going a-swearing, GOSSET,” he said. “Then I must come after you, my stubborn head; Then I must come after you, my stubborn head,” “You may come if you like, old GOSSET,” he said; “You may come if you like, old GOSSET,” he said. “Now you’re tempting your fortune, my stubborn head, Now you’re tempting your fortune, my stubborn head.” “Why,――my Oath is my fortune, GOSSET,” he said; “Why,――my Oath is my fortune, GOSSET,” he said. “Then, I don’t think much of you, my stubborn head, Then, I don’t think much of you, my stubborn head.” “Nobody axed you to, GOSSET,” he said; “Nobody axed you to, GOSSET,” he said. (_Dance up the middle, touch shoulder, and down again._) _Punch_, May 21, 1881. ―――― “Where are you going to, my pretty maid?” “I’m going to Spelling Bee, sir,” she said, “Where is your lexicon, my pretty maid?” “I do not want one, sir,” she said. “What can you spell, pray, my pretty maid?” “I can spell prize, kind sir,” she said. “Let’s hear you spell it, my pretty maid!” “P-r-e-y-e-s, prize,” she said. “I wouldn’t give much for your ‘preyes,’ pretty maid!” “’Cause you ain’t got it to give, sir,” she said. [_Exeunt ambo._ ―――― “Where are you going to, my pretty maid?” “I’m going to a lecture, sir,” she said. “May I come with you, my pretty maid?” “You won’t understand it, sir,” she said. “What is the subject, my pretty maid?” “The _final extinction of man_,” she said, “Then you won’t marry, my pretty maid?” “_Superior_ girls _never_ marry,” she said. _Modern Society._ September 12, 1885. “WHIZZ,” the Christmas number of _The Bicycling Times_, 1880, has a long parody, entitled “A Bicyclist’s Song,” after _My Rattling Mare and I_; also a parody on “My Pretty Maid,” entitled _The Wheelman and the Maid_, which concludes thus:―― “Shall I have any croppers?” asked my pretty maid, “Shall I have any croppers?” asked my pretty maid, “You’ll often go over, sweet girl, I said, sweet girl I said,” &c. “Then I cannot ride it,” said my pretty maid, “Then I cannot ride it,” said my pretty maid, “Then I’ll wish you good morning, sweet girl, I said, sweet girl I said,” &c. And still another, commencing:――