Bonny Kate

At Newmarket you shall hear,
there did dwell a damsel fair;
'twas at Newmarket you shall hear,
there did dwell a damsel fair.
Some did call her Bonny Kate,
going to,
coming from, Newmarket late.

Oft times a lawyer she did meet,
who enticed her with kisses sweet;
oft times a lawyer she did meet,
who enticed her with kisses sweet.
He enticed her more and more,
showed her gold,
showed her gold and silver store.

If you’ll spend the night in town,
these five guineas I’ll put down;
if you’ll spend the night in town,
these five guineas I’ll put down.
So she took her to The Bell,
where in service,
where in service she did dwell.

‘Can I have a bed?’ said he,
‘For my wedded wife and me.’
‘Can I have a bed?’ said he,
‘For my wedded wife and me.’
‘Yes, indeed,’ the landlord said,
and he did not
and he did not own his maid.

‘Can I have a supper dressed,
fish and fowl of the best?
Can I have a supper dressed,
fish and fowl of the best?’
And some wine to drink a while,
for young Kate,
for young Kate’s walked many a mile.’

And so the glass went round and round,
till the score stood at one pound.
So the glass went round and round,
till the score stood at one pound.
That the lawyer freely paid,
‘And now to bed,
And now to bed, young Kate,’ he said.

Young Kate was handed on before,
at the top there was a door;
Kate was handed on before,
at the top there was a door.
Young Kate she went straight way through,
and that’s where she,
and that’s where she bid him adieu.

Lord, how the lawyer stamped and swore,
when he found he’d lost his dear.
How the lawyer stamped and swore,
when he found he’d lost his dear.
Young Kate’s heart was filled with joy,
To think she’d got,
To think she’d got five yellow boys.