“Where are you going, my Pretty Maid?”
“I'm going a-milking, Sir,” she said.
“Shall I go with you, my Pretty Maid?”
“Oh yes, if you please, kind Sir,” she said.
“What is your Father, my Pretty Maid?”
“Shall I marry you, my Pretty Maid?”
“Oh thank you, kindly, Sir,” she said.
“But what is your fortune, my pretty Maid?”
“My face is my fortune, Sir,” she said.
“Then I can't marry you, my Pretty Maid!”
“Nobody asked you, Sir!” she said.
“Nobody asked you, Sir!” she said.
“Nobody asked you, Sir!” she said.
Where did you find this? So funny...AND I love the drawings!
ReplyDeleteHere...http://www.freereaders.org/bookinfo/9/RandolphCaldecott/TheMilkmaid.xhtml
ReplyDeleteIt is funny, isn't it? I guess there were quite a few fortune seekers back then, looking for girls with dowries. :)