Master Kilby

In the heat of the day

When the sun shines so freely,

There I met Master Kilby,

So fine and so gay.

Then I pull'd off my hat

And I bowed to the ground

And I said: "Master Kilby,

Pray where are you bound?"

"I am bound for the West,

There in hopes to find rest,

And in Nancy's soft bosom

I will build a new nest.

"And if I were the master

Of ten thousand pounds

All in gay gold and silver

Or in King William's crowns.

"I would part with it all

With my own heart so freely,

But it's all for the sake

Of my charming Nancy.

"She's the fairest of girls,

She's the choice of my own heart,

She is painted like waxwork

In every part".