W: [D]As I went out one morning it [E]being the month of May
W: A [A]farmer and his daughter I[G] spied along my [D]way
W: And the daughter sat down quite calmly to the[E] milking of her cow
W: Saying 'I [A]will and I must get married for the [A7]humor is on me[D] now'
W: 
W: And, sure who are you to turn to me, that married young yourself
W: and took my darling mother from off the single shelf
W: ah, sure, daughter dear go aisy and milk your patient cow
W: for a man may have his humour but the humor is off me now
W: 
W: Well, indeed I'll tell my mother the awful things you say,
W: Indeed I'll tell my mother this very blessed day
W: Och, now daughter, have a heart, dear, you'll start a fearful row
W: So I will unless I marry for the humor is on me now.
W: 
W: Och, If you must be married will you tell me who's the man
W: And quickly she did answer: There's William, James, and John
W: A carpenter, a tailor, and a man to milk the cow
W: For I will and I must get married for the humor is on me now
W: 
W: A carpenter's a sharp man and a tailor's hard to face
W: With his legs across the table and his threads about the place,
W: and I'm sure John's a fearful tyrant and never lacks a row
W: But I will and I must get married for the humor is on me now
W: 
W: Well, if you must be married will you tell me what you'll do?
W: 'Sure I will' the daughter answered, 'the same as ma and you'
W: I'll be mistress of my butter and my dairy and my cow
W: 'and your husband too, I'll venture, for the humor is on me now
W: 
W: So, at last the daughter married and married well-to-do
W: And she loved her darling husband for a month, year or two
W: but John was all a tyrant and she quickly rued her vow,
W: Saying 'I'm sorry that I married for the humor is OFF me now.