Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume II. Love. 1904. | | | | IV. Wooing and Winning | | “Where are you going, my pretty maid?” | | Anonymous |
| | | “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?” | 5 |
| “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. | 10 | | | |
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