Chapter 2 No.2

All the boys in our town

Leads a happy life,

Excepting [Charley Allen],

And he wants a wife;

And a-courting he shall go

Along with [girl's name],

Because he loves her so.

He kisses her, he cuddles her,

He sets her on his knee,

And says, My dearest darling,

Do you love me?

I love you and you love me;

We'll both be as happy

As birds on the tree.

Alice made a pudding,

She made it nice and sweet,

Up came Charley, cut a slice off-

A slice, a slice, we don't say No;

The next Monday morning the wedding goes (or "is our wedding day").

I've got knives and forks,

I've got plates and dishes,

I've got a nice young man,

He breaks his heart with kisses.

If poor Alice was to die,

Wouldn't poor Charley, he would cry.

He would follow to the grave

With black buttons and black crape,

And a guinea for the church,

And the bell shall ring.

Up came the doctor, up came the cat,

Up came the devil with a white straw hat.

Down went the doctor, down went the cat,

Down went the devil with a white straw hat.[1]

-Deptford (Miss Chase).