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Attention all you gentlemen
You’ve called on me to sing
But I can well assure you that
I can do no such thing
But now that you have called on me
I’ll try my best to do
||: And when I comes to the chorus
I hope you’ll join me too :||
I went to courting of a cook
I’ll tell you the reason why
For when I did get hungry
She would give me a reply
For when I did get hungry
She would give me some relief
||: She fed me on the very best of pie
And plenty of that beef :||
She invited me to supper
And I quickly gave consent
Along with her that very night
To the master’s house I went
The master he was not at home
And I was not displeased for
||: One pocket she filled with up butter
And the other she stuffed with cheese :||
Then after my supper was over
And I could eat no more
Right to my sad surprise
Then the knock came at the door
And where to go to hide myself
My god, I did not know
||: So ‘twas up in the chimney top I went
As black as any crow :||
They put on a raging fire
And it almost touched my knees
It melted all my butter and
It roasted all my cheese
The master he was standing by
He knew a rogue was there
||: For each time the fire butter did melt
Oh, the fire went up in a flair :||
Then out in the street I had to go
My shameful face to show
My butter and cheese all melted and
My face so black as the crow
The women began to laugh at me and
The dogs began to howl and
||: The boys looked out of the window
“There goes butter and cheese and all :||