O, naughty maid! O, naughty maid! You won’t come out to me! You shall see a blackbird, A blackbird and a swan; You should see a nice young man Persuading you to come. —Wrotham, Kent (Miss Dora Kimball). XV. Here comes a duke a-riding, a-riding, a-riding; Here comes a duke a-riding, to my nancy, pancy, disimi, oh! Which of us will you have, sir? &c. You’re all so fat and greasy, &c. We’re all as clean as you, sir, &c. Come down to my kitchen, come down to my hall, I’ll pick the finest of you all. The fairest is that girl I shall say, “Come to me.” I will buy a silk and satin dress, to trail a yard as we go to church, Madam, will you walk? madam, will you talk? Madam, will you marry me? I will buy you a gold watch and chain, to hang by your side as we go to church; Madam, will you walk? madam, will you talk? Madam, will you marry me? I will buy you the key of the house, to enter in when my son’s out; Madam, will you walk? madam, will you talk? Madam, will you marry me? —Earls Heaton, Yorks. (H. Hardy). XVI. Here comes one duke a-riding, With a rancey, tancey, tiddy boys, O! Rancey, tancey, tay! Pray which will you take of us, sir? &c. You’re all as dark as gipsies, &c. Quite good enough for you, &c. Then we’ll take this one, &c. [After all are taken, the dukes say]— Now we’ve got this bonny bunch, &c. —Hurstmonceux, Sussex, about 1880 (Miss E. Chase). [A Devon variant gives for the third verse— You are all too black and ugly, and ugly, and ugly. And— You are all too black and _browsie_, &c. With the additional verse— I walked through the kitchen, I walked through the hall, For the prettiest and fairest Of you all. Ending with— Now I have got my bonny lass, &c. And something like— Will you come and dance with me? —Devon (Miss E. Chase)]. XVII. Here comes a duke a-riding, a-riding, a-riding; Here comes a duke a-riding to the ransy, tansy, tay! Pray what do you come riding for? &c. For one of your fairy [? fair] daughters, &c. Will either one of these do? &c. They’re all too black and too dirty, &c. They’re quite as clean as you, sir, &c. Suppose, then, I take you, Miss, &c. —Clapham, London (Mrs. Herbertson). [Another version is played by the duke announcing that he wants a wife. The circle of maids and duke then reply to each other as follows:— Open the door and let him in. They’re all as stiff as pokers.