You And I In The One Bed Lie

A nobleman's fair daughter was walking down yon lane
When up comes Captain Dixon, the keeper of the game
Says he unto his serving man, "If it was not for the law
I'd have that maid within my bed and she'd lie next to the 
wall"

"Go away, young man," says she, "And do not me perplex
Before I lie one night with you, you'll answer questions 
six
Six questions you will answer, and I will make them all
Before you and I in the one bed lie and I lie next to the 
wall

What is rounder than a ring? What's higher than a tree?
What is worse than womankind? What's deeper than the sea?
What tree blooms first? What bird sings best? From where do
 dew drops fall?
Then it's you and I in the one bed lie and I lie next to 
the wall"

"A globe is rounder than a ring, sky higher than a tree
A girl is worse than womankind, hell deeper than the sea
The yew blooms first, the thrush sings best, from heaven 
the dew drops fall
So it's you and I in the one bed lie and you lie next to 
the wall"

"You must get for me some winter fruit that in December 
grew
Find for me a mantle, a weft it never went through
A sparrow's horn, a priest unshorn, a bird without a gaul
Then it's you and I in the one bed lie and I lie next to 
the wall"

"My father has some winter fruit that in December grew
My mother wears a mantle, a weft it never went through

A sparrow's horn's not hard to find, there's one in every 
claw
Melchizedek is a priest unshorn," and he rolled her to the 
wall