You and I In the One Bed Lie

A nobleman's fair daughter was walking down yon lane When up comes Captain Dixon, the keeper of the game Says he unto his serving man, "If it was not for the law I'd have that maid within my bed and she'd lie next to the wall" "Go away, young man," says she, "And do not me perplex Before I lie one night with you, you'll answer questions six Six questions you will answer, and I will make them all Before you and I in the one bed lie and I lie next to the wall What is rounder than a ring? What's higher than a tree? What is worse than womankind? What's deeper than the sea? What tree blooms first? What bird sings best? From where do dew drops fall? Then it's you and I in the one bed lie and I lie next to the wall" "A globe is rounder than a ring, sky higher than a tree A girl is worse than womankind, hell deeper than the sea The yew blooms first, the thrush sings best, from heaven the dew drops fall So it's you and I in the one bed lie and you lie next to the wall" "You must get for me some winter fruit that in December grew Find for me a mantle, a weft it never went through A sparrow's horn, a priest unshorn, a bird without a gaul Then it's you and I in the one bed lie and I lie next to the wall" "My father has some winter fruit that in December grew My mother wears a mantle, a weft it never went through A sparrow's horn's not hard to find, there's one in every claw Melchizedek is a priest unshorn," and he rolled her to the wall