My Man John

(The Riddle explain'd) Maid Mary having broke the handle of her Hair Broom & hearing that Man John had a long stick that wou'd fitt it, desir'd him to put it in for her.

original melody is in Bb, here it's in E to be easier to sing for us.
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My man John had a thing that was long,
My maid Ma-ry had a thing that was hai-ry,
my man John put his thing that was long in-to
my maid Ma-ry's thing that was hai-ry,
her thing that was hai-ry,
her thing that was hai-ry,
My man John put his thing that was long in-to
my maid Ma-ry's thing that was hai-ry.

My maid Ma-ry then stirr'd it a-bout
till with stir-ring and stir-ring at length it came out,
but then my man John thrust it in once a-gain,
and knock'd it most stout-ly to make it re-main,
to make it re-main,
he knock'd it most stout-ly
he knock'd it to make it re-main, to make it re-main,
he knock'd it most stout-ly to make it re-main.

But John with much knock-ing so wi-den'd the hole,
that is long thing slip'd out still in-spite of his soul,
'till wea-ry'd and vex'd and with knock-ing grown sore,
cry'd 'A pox take the hole, for I'll knock it no more,
a pox take the hole,
pox take the hole,' 'till wea-ry'd and vex'd and with knock-ing grown sore,
cry'd 'A pox take the hole, for I'll knock it no more.'