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They gave this young man quarters,
of him did dread no harm;
And for to make the Tinker’s bed,
this maid went to the barn;
And for to make the Tinker’s bed,
the farmer’s daughter went;
Which pleas’d the young man’s fancy
and further’d his intent.
The Tinker being cunning,
he nimbly barr’d the door.
And took the fair maid in his arms,
and laid her on the floor;
He laid her down upon the floor,
among the pease straw;
And there he got his will of her,
before he let her go
The lassie figh’d, and then she blush’d,
and wow but she thought shame;
Now since you've got your will of me,
I pray tell me your name;
He softly whisper’d in her ear,
they ca’ me Davie Faa’,
And if I come this way again,
you’ll mind the pease-straw.
I’ll give you fifty guineas,
to pay the nourice-fee ;
And if you chance to have a son,
a doubly it shall be:
And if you’ll ly with me this night
among the pease-straw,
