The Little Woman And The Pedlar

There was a little woman, as I've heard say,     Fol, lol, diddle, diddle dol;     She went to market, her eggs for to sell,     Fol, lol, diddle, diddle dol.     She went to market all on a market day,     And she fell asleep upon the king's highway;     Fol de rol de lol lol lol lol lol,     Fol, lol, diddle, diddle dol.]     2 And there came a pedlar whose name was Stout,     Fol, lol, &c.,     He cut her petticoats all round about,     Fol, lol, &c.,     He cut her petticoats up to her knees,     Which made the little woman to shiver and freeze,     Fol de rol, &c.     3 When the little woman began to awake,     Fol, lol, &c.,     She began to shiver, and she began to shake,     Fol, lol, &c.,     She began to shake, and she began to cry,     Lawk-a-mercy on me! this is none of I,     Fol de rol, &c.     4 If it be I, as I suppose it be,     Fol lol, &c.,     I've a little dog at home, and he knows me;     Fol, lol, &c.,     If it be I, he will wag his little tail,     If it be not I, he will bark and rail,     Fol de rol, &c.     5 And when the little woman went home in the dark,     Fol, lol, &c.,     Her little dog he did begin to bark,     Fol, lol, &c.,     He began to bark, and she began to cry,     Lawk-a-mercy on me! this is none of I,     Fol de rol, &c.