Gammer Gurton's Garland, p. 3, ed. 1810.
| 1 |
'Can you make me a cambrick shirt,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Without any seam or needle work?
And you shall be a true lover of mine |
| 2 |
'Can you wash it in yonder well,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Where never sprung water nor rain ever fell?
And you shall be a true lover of mine |
| 3 |
'Can you dry it on yonder thorn,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Which never bore blossom since Adam was born?
And you shall be a true lover of mine |
| 4 |
'Now you have askd me questions three,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
I hope you'll answer as many for me.
And you shall be a true lover of mine |
| 5 |
'Can you find me an acre of land
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Between the salt water and the sea sand?
And you shall be a true lover of mine |
| 6 |
'Can you plow it with a ram's horn,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
And sow it all over with one pepper corn?
And you shall be a true lover of mine |
| 7 |
'Can you reap it with a sickle of leather,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
And bind it up with a peacock's feather?
And you shall be a true lover of mine |
| 8 |
'When you have done, and finishd your work,
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Then come to me for your cambrick shirt.'
And you shall be a true lover of mine |
