My Boy Tammie
" Where have you been all day,
My boy Tammie?''
" I 've been all the day courting of a lady gay ;
But oh, she 's too young
To be taken from her mammy!"
" What work can she do,
My boy Tammie?
Can she bake and can she brew,
My boy Tammie?"
" She can brew and she can bake,
And she can make our wedding cake;
But oh, she 's too young
To be taken from her mammy!"
"What age may she be?
What age may she be,
My boy Tammie?"
" Twice two, twice seven,
Twice ten, twice eleven;
But oh, she 's too young
To be taken from her mammy !"