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The Lady and the Swine

[ Roud 15530 ; trad.]

Shirley Collins sang this children’s song from Kidson’s 75 Traditional Nursery Rhymes in 1959 on her first LP Sweet England.

Lyrics

Oink

There was a lady loved a swine,
Honey, said she,
Pig-hog, will you be mine?
Oink, said he.

I’ll build for you a silver sty,
Honey, said she,
So that in it you may lie,
Oink, said he.

I’ll lash it with a silver pin,
Honey, said she,
So thou may’st go out and in,
Oink, said he.

Oh pig-hog will thou me have?
Honey, said she,
Speak or else my heart will break,
Oink oink, said he.