| T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22. | | | | How Can I Keep My Maidenhead? | | Anonymous |
| | (18th Century)
HOW can I keep my maidenhead, | |
| My maidenhead, my maidenhead, | |
| How can I keep my maidenhead, | |
| Among sae mony men, O? | |
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| The Captain bad a guinea for’t, | 5 |
| A guinea for’t, a guinea for’t; | |
| The Captain bad a guinea for’t, | |
| The Colonel he bad ten, O. | |
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| But I’ll do as my minnie did, | |
| My minnie did, my minnie did; | 10 |
| But I’ll do as my minnie did, | |
| For siller I’ll hae nane, O. | |
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| I’ll gie it to a bonnie lad, | |
| A bonnie lad, a bonnie lad; | |
| I’ll gie it to a bonnie lad, | 15 |
| For just as good again, O. | | | | |
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