WHEN shall we be married, Billy, my own sweet lad? We shall be married tomorrow, If you think it is good. Shall we be married no sooner, Billy, my own sweet lad? Would you be married tonight? I think that the girl is gone mad. Who shall we ask to the wedding, Billy, my own sweet lad? We shall ask father and mother, If you think it is good. Shall we ask nobody else, Billy, my own sweet lad? Would you ask King and Queen? I think that the girl is gone mad. What shall we have for the dinner, Billy, my own sweet lad? We shall have bacon and beans, If you think it is good. Shall we have nothing more, Billy, my own sweet lad? Would you have peaches and cream? I think that the girl is gone mad. What shall I wear to the wedding, Billy, my own sweet lad? You have your apron and gown, If you think it is good. Shall I wear nothing that's finer, Billy, my own sweet lad? Would you wear satin and silk? I think that the girl is gone mad. How shall I go to the church, Billy, my own sweet lad? You shall ride in my wheelbarrow, If you think it is good. Shall I have nothing that's better, Billy, my own sweet lad? Would you have horses and coach? I think that the girl is gone mad. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLACK RIDERS: 1 by STEPHEN CRANE CHARLIE MACHREE by WILLIAM JAMES HOPPIN CYNTHIA SPORTING by PHILIP AYRES SONNET TO CHARLOTTE M-- by BERNARD BARTON TO WEBSTER by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE THE BEGGAR by MARGARET E. BRUNER SONNET ON MOOR PARK: WRITTEN AT PARIS, MAY 10, 1825 by SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES |