“new” song to a jaunty dance-tune. It described how a gentleman came and tried his luck with the girls, to see whether they would love him:
The master came to try the girls: Would they love him, would they not?
But the girls could not love the master:
He would beat me cruelly And such love won’t do for me.
Then a gypsy comes along and he, too, tries:
The gypsy came to try the girls: Would they love him, would they not?
But they couldn’t love the gypsy either:
He would be a thief, I fear, And would cause me many a tear.
And many more men come to try their luck, among them a soldier:
The soldier came to try the girls: Would they love him, would they not?
But the soldier is rejected with contempt, in two indecent