J’ai sondé dans ses vallades, Son carle j’ai pessigué, Son carle et sa tocquante,[255] Lonfa malura dondaine, Et ses attaches de cé,[256] Lonfa malura dondé.
Son carle et sa tocquante, Et ses attaches de cé, Son coulant[257] et sa montante,[258] Lonfa malura dondaine, Et son combre galuché[259] Lonfa malura dondé.
Son coulant et sa montante Et son combre galuché, Son frusque,[260] aussi sa lisette,[261] Lonfa malura dondaine, Et ses tirants brodanchés,[262] Lonfa malura dondé.
Son frusque, aussi sa lisette Et ses tirants brodanchés. Crompe,[263] crompe, mercandière, Lonfa malura dondaine, Car nous serions béquillés,[264] Lonfa malura dondé.
Crompe, crompe, mercandière, Car nous serions béquillés. Sur la placarde de vergne,[265] Lonfa malura dondaine, Il nous faudrait gambiller,[266] Lonfa malura dondé.
Sur la placarde de vergne Il nous faudrait gambiller, Allumés[267] de toutes ces largues,[268] Lonfa malura dondaine, Et du trèpe[269] rassemblé, Lonfa malura dondé.
Allumés de toutes ces largues Et du trèpe rassemblé; Et de ces charlots bons drilles,[270] Lonfa malura dondaine, Tous aboulant[271] goupiner. Lonfa malura dondé.
[262] Tirants brodanchés, _embroidered stockings_.
[265] Placarde de vergne, _public place_.
[270] Charlots bons drilles, _jolly thieves_.
THE SAME SONG VERSIFIED BY WILLIAM MAGINN.
As from ken[272] to ken I was going, Doing a bit on the prigging lay,[273] Who should I meet but a jolly blowen,[274] Tol lol, lol lol, tol derol ay; Who should I meet but a jolly blowen, Who was fly[275] to the time o’ day?[276]
Who should I meet but a jolly blowen, Who was fly to the time of day. I pattered in flash,[277] like a covey[278] knowing, Tol lol, &c., “Ay, bub or grubby,[279] I say.”
I pattered in flash like a covey knowing, “Ay, bub or grubby, I say.” “Lots of gatter,”[280] quo’ she, “are flowing, Tol lol, &c., Lend me a lift in the family way.[281]
“Lots of gatter,” quo’ she, “are flowing, Lend me a lift in the family way. You may have a crib[282] to stow in, Tol lol, &c., Welcome, my pal,[283] as the flowers in May.”
“You may have a crib to stow in, Welcome, my pal, as the flowers in May.” To her ken at once I go in, Tol lol, &c., Where in a corner out of the way;