Calico Drum, The Grasshoppers come, The Butterfly, Beetle, and Bee, Over the ground, Around and around, With a hop and a bound-- But they never came back! They never came back! They never came back! They never came back to me! [Music: THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BO.] THE COURTSHIP OF THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BO. I. On the Coast of Coromandel, Where the early pumpkins grow, In the middle of the woods Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. Two old chairs, and half a candle,-- One old jug without a handle,-- These were all his worldly goods: In the middle of the woods, These were all the worldly goods Of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, Of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. II. Once, among the Bong-trees walking Where the early pumpkins grow, To a little heap of stones Came the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. There he heard a Lady talking, To some milk-white Hens of Dorking,-- "'Tis the Lady Jingly Jones! "On that little heap of stones "Sits the Lady Jingly Jones!" Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. III. "Lady Jingly! Lady Jingly! "Sitting where the pumpkins grow, "Will you come and be my wife?" Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. "I am tired of living singly,-- "On this coast so wild and shingly,-- "I'm a-weary of my life; "If you'll come and be my wife, "Quite serene would be my life!"-- Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. IV. "On this Coast of Coromandel, "Shrimps and watercresses grow, "Prawns are plentiful and cheap." Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, "You shall have my chairs and candle, "And my jug without a handle!-- "Gaze upon the rolling deep ("Fish is plentiful and cheap)-- "As the sea, my love is deep!" Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, Said the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. V. Lady Jingly answered sadly, And her tears began to flow,-- "Your proposal comes too late, "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo! "I would be your wife most gladly!" (Here she twirled her fingers madly) "But in England I've a mate! "Yes! you've asked me far too late, "For in England I've a mate, "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo! "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo! VI. "Mr. Jones--(his name is Handel,-- "Handel Jones, Esquire, & Co.) "Dorking fowls delights to send, "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo! "Keep, oh I keep your chairs and candle, "And your jug without a handle,-- "I can merely be your friend! "--Should my Jones more Dorkings send, "I will give you three, my friend! "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo! "Mr. Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo! VII.