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Viewing Lyrics for Basket Of Eggs:
| | | Artist: | Lloyd |
| | Album: | Miscellaneous | | Track: | Basket Of Eggs | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 271 | | | | Lyrics: | Basket of Eggs
Penguin Book of English Folk Songs
(Lloyd and
Williams)
Down in Sandbank fields, two sailors they were
walking,
Their pockets were both lined with gold.
And as together they were
talking
A fair maid there they did behold.
With a little basket standing by her
As
she sat down to take her ease.
To carry it for her one of them offered
The answer was:
"Sir, if you please".
One of these sailors took the basket.
"There's eggs in the
basket, please take care:
And if by chance you should out-walk me
At the Half-way house
please leave them there."
Behold these sailors, they did out-walk her,
The Half-way house
they did pass by.
The pretty damsel she laughed at their fancy
And on the sailors she kept
her eye.
When these two sailors came unto an ale-house,
There they did call for a
pint of wine.
Saying: "Landlord, landlord, what fools in this
nation!
This young maid from her eggs we've twined.
O Landlord, landlord, bring
us some bacon
We have these eggs and we'll have some dressed."
Behold, these sailors were
much mistaken
As you shall say when you hear the rest.
'Twas then the landlord he
went to the basket
Expecting of some eggs to find.
He said: "Young man, you're much
mistaken,
Instead of eggs I've found a child."
Then one of them sat down to
weeping
The other said: "It's not worth while.
Here's fifty guineas I'll give to the
baby
If any woman will take the child."
The pretty young damsel she sat by the
fire,
And she had a shawl drawn over her face.
She said:"I'll take it and kindly use
it
When first I see the money paid."
One of the sailors threw down the money
Great
favor to the babe was shown.
"Since it is so, then let's be friendly
For you know this
child it is your own."
"Don't you remember a-dancing with Nancy
As long ago as last
Easter day?"
"Oh yes and I do and she pleased my fancy
So now the fiddler I have
paid."
One of the sailors went up to the basket
And he kicked the basket o'er and
o'er.
"Since it is so, may we all be contented
But I'm hanged if I'll like eggs any
more!"
see also QUARERYE and XMASGOOS(?)
@sailor @baby
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