Suppose we have one of you then, &c. Which one will you have, &c. We’ll have —— to marry, &c. Who will you send to fetch her, &c. We’ll send —— to fetch her. —Roxton, St. Neots (Miss E. Lumley). XXIV. Here come three dukes a-riding, With me rancy, tansy, tissimy tee, Here come three dukes a-riding, With a ransom, tansom, tissimy tee. Here come three dukes a-riding, With a ransom, tansom, tissimy tee. Pray which of us will you have, sir (repeat as above). I think I will have this one (repeat). . . . . . [Forgotten, but the girls evidently decline to part with one of their number.] You are all too black and too blousy (repeat). We’re far too good for you, sir (repeat). —Isle of Man (A. W. Moore). Played at a Manx Vicarage nearly sixty years ago (Rev. T. G. Brown). XXV. Here comes a Jew a riding, With the ransom, tansom, tissimi, O! And pray what is your will, sir? (as above). Then pray take one of my daughters, &c. They are all too black and too browsy, &c. They are good enough for you, sir, &c. My house is lined with silver, &c. But ours is lined with gold, sir, &c. Then I’ll take one of your daughters, &c. —Forest of Dean, Gloucester (Miss Matthews). XXVI. The Campsie dukes a-riding, a-riding, a-riding; The Campsie dukes a riding, come a rincey, dincey, dee. —Biggar (Wm. Ballantyne). XXVII. Five dukes comes here a-ridin’, A-ridin’ fast one day; Five dukes comes here a-riding, With a hansom, dansom day. What do you want with us, sirs, With us, sirs, &c. We want some wives to marry us, To marry us, to marry us, &c. Will you marry us, Miss Nancy, Miss Nancy, Miss Nancy, &c. We won’t marry you to-day, sirs, &c. Will you marry us to-day, Miss? &c. (to another girl). We will marry you to-day, sirs, &c. —London, Regent’s Park (A. B. Gomme). XXVIII. There’s three dukes a-riding, a-riding, There’s three dukes a-riding, Come a ransin, tansin, my gude wife. Come a ransin, tansin te-dee, Before I take my evening walk, I’ll have a handsome lady, The fairest one that I do see. —Rosehearty, Pitsligo (Rev. W. Gregor). XXIX. One duck comes a-ridin’, sir, a-ridin’, sir, A-ridin’ to marry you. And what do you want with me, sir? I come to marry you two. There’s some of us ready to dance, sir; Ready to dance and sing; There’s some of us ready to dance, sir, And ready to marry you.