BEFORE A COURT OF JUSTICE

 THE father's name ye ne'er shall be told

Of my darling unborn life;
"Shame, shame," ye cry, "on the strumpet bold!"

Yet I'm an honest wife.


To whom I'm wedded, ye ne'er shall be told,

Yet he's both loving and fair;
He wears on his neck a chain of gold,

And a hat of straw doth he wear.


If scorn 'tis vain to seek to repel,

On me let the scorn be thrown.

I know him well, and he knows me well,

And to God, too, all is known.


Sir Parson and Sir Bailiff, again,

I pray you, leave me in peace!
My child it is, my child 'twill remain,

So let your questionings cease!

1815.
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