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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PRETTY MILKMAID, by MOTHER GOOSE Poet's Biography
First Line: Where are you going, my pretty maid?
Last Line: "nobody asked you, sir,"" she said."
Variant Title(s): Modern Maid;a Romance Of Today
Subject(s): Courtship
First Line: Where are you going, my pretty maid?
Last Line: "nobody asked you, sir,"" she said."
Variant Title(s): Modern Maid;a Romance Of Today
Subject(s): Courtship
"WHERE are you going, my pretty maid?"
"I am going a-milking, sir," she said.
"May I go with you, my pretty maid?"
"You're kindly welcome,sir," she said.
"What is your father, my pretty maid?"
"My father's a farmer, sir," she said.
"What is your fortune, my pretty maid?"
"My face is my fortune, sir," she said.
"Then I won't marry you, my pretty maid."
"Nobody asked you, sir," she said.
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