Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXLV. Love And Matrimony.

    "Where have you been all the day,
            My boy Willy?"
    "I've been all the day,
    Courting of a lady gay:
    But oh! she's too young
    To be taken from her mammy."

    "What work can she do,
            My boy Willy?
    Can she bake and can she brew,
            My boy Willy?"
    "She can brew and she can bake,
    And she can make our wedding cake:
    But oh! she's too young
    To be taken from her mammy."

    "What age may she be? What age may she be?
            My boy Willy?"
    "Twice two, twice seven,
    Twice ten twice eleven:
    But oh! she's too young
    To be taken from her mammy."

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