Rutterkin
Geoffrey Bush
Rutterkin is come unto our town
In a cloak without coat or gown
save ragged hood to cover his crown
Like a Rutterkin
Hoyda, hoyda, jolly Rutterkin!
Rutterkin can speak no English,
His tongue runneth all on butter'd fish,
Besmear'd with grease about his dish,
Like a Rutterkin
Hoyda, hoyda, jolly Rutterkin!
Rutterkin shall bring you all good luck,
A stoup of beer up at a pluck
Till his brain be as wise as a duck,
Like a Rutterkin
Hoyda, hoyda, jolly Rutterkin!
When Rutterkin from board shall rise,
He will piss a gallon pot full at twice,
And the overplus under the table of the new guise,
Like a Rutterkin
Hoyda, hoyda, jolly Rutterkin!