The Spinning Wheel

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AS I SAT at my spinning-wheel,
A bonny lad there passed by,
I kenned him round, and I liked him weel,
Good faith he had a bonny eye:
My heart new panting, 'gan to fee!,
But still I turned my spinning-wheel.

Most gracefully he did appear,
As he my presence did draw near,
And round about my slender waist
He clasped his arms, and me embraced:
To kiss my hand he down did kneel,
As I sat at my spinning-wheel.

My milk white hand he did extol,
And praised my fingers long and small,
And said, there was no lady fair,
That ever with me could compare:
Those pleasing words my heart did feel,
But still I turned my spinning-wheel.

Altho' I seemingly did chide,
Yet he would never be denied,
But did declare his love the more,
Until my heart was wounded sore;
That my love could scarce conceal,
But yet I turned my spinning-wheel.

As for my yarn, my rock and reel,
And after that my spinning-wheel,
He bid me leave them all with speed
And gang with him to yonder mead:
My panting heart strange flames did feel
Yet still I turned my spinning-wheel.

He stopped and gazed, and blithely said,
Now speed the wheel, my bonny maid,
But if thou'st to the hay-cock go,
I'll learn thee better work I trow,
Good faith, I liked him passing weel,
But still I turned my spinning-wheel.

He lowly veiled his bonnet off,
And sweetly kissed my lips so soft;
Yet still between each honey kiss,
He urged me on to farther bliss:
Till I resistless fire did feel,
Then let alone my spinning-wheel.

Among the pleasant cocks of hay,
Then with my bonny lad I lay,
What damsel ever could deny,
A youth with such a charming eye?
The pleasure I cannot reveal,
It far surpassed the spinning-wheel.

[Anonymous]

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