Robin the Bobbin, the big-bellied Ben, A cow and a calf, When good King Arthur ruled this land, He was a goodly king; To make a bag-pudding. A bag-pudding the king did make, And in it put great lumps of fat, The king and queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside; And what they could not eat that night, The queen next morning fried. It's once I courted as pretty a lass, As ever your eyes did see; But now she's come to such a pass, She never will do for me. She invited me to her own house, Where oft I'd been before, And she tumbled me into the hog-tub, And I'll never go there any more. Over the water, and over the lea, |