The Barring of the Door
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It fell about the Martinmas time
And a gay time it was theno
That our good wife had puddings to make
And she boiled them in a panno
The wind blew cold from east and north
It blew into the flooro
Quoth our good man to our good wife
"Get up and bar the dooro"
"Me hand is in me hussif skap
Good man, as ye may seeo
Though it should be barred this hundred years
It'll no be barred by meo"
They made a pact between the two
They made it firm and sureo
Whoever should speak the very first word
Should rise and bar the dooro
Then by and came two gentlemen
At twelve o'clock at nighto
And they could see that in the house
There was coal nor candlelighto
"Oh, have we here a rich man's house?
Or have we here a pooro?"
But never a word would the old couple speak
But the barrin' of the dooro
So first they ate the white puddings
And then they ate the blacko
And up and forth the good wife herself
But never a word she spokeo
Then one unto the other did say
"Here man, take ye my knifeo
Do ye take off the old man's beard
And I'll kiss the good wifeo"
"But there's no water in the house
And what shall we do theno?
What ails ye at the pudding broth
That boils in yonder panno?"
So up then started our good man
And an angry man was heo
"Will ye kiss me wife before me eyes
And scald me with pudding brotho?"
So up then started our good wife
"Get three skips on the flooro
Yet when you have spake the very first word
Get up and bar the dooro"