Milady's Coachman

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Milady's Coachman
Mr. Henry Purcell
(Circa 1659-1695)

My Lady's Coachman John,
Being married to her maid,
Her Ladyship did hear on't
And to him thus she said, and to him thus
she said:
I never had a wench
So handsome in my life.
I prithee therefore tell me,
I prithee therefore tell me, how got you such
a wife?
John stared her in the face
And answered very blunt,
E'en as my Lord got you.
How's that? Why by the, Why by the...

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