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The World’s Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia in 15 Volumes. 1906.

Nursery Rhymes

Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid?

“WHERE are you going, my pretty maid?”

“I’m going a-milking, sir,” she said.

“May I go with you, my pretty maid?”

“You’re very welcome, sir,” she said.

“What is your father, my pretty maid?”

“My father’s a farmer, sir,” she said.

“Would you like to marry, my pretty maid?”

“Yes, thank you, I would, sir,” she said.

“What is your fortune, my pretty maid?”

“My face is my fortune, sir,” she said.

“Then I can’t marry you, my pretty maid.”

“Nobody axed you, sir!” she said.