Monday, May 2, 2011

PUBLIC DOMAIN MONDAY: THE MILKMAID


“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?”
“My Father's a Farmer, Sir,” she said.
“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.

2 comments:

  1. Where did you find this? So funny...AND I love the drawings!

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  2. Here...http://www.freereaders.org/bookinfo/9/RandolphCaldecott/TheMilkmaid.xhtml
    It is funny, isn't it? I guess there were quite a few fortune seekers back then, looking for girls with dowries. :)

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