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The Text is from Herd's MSS as given by Professor Child to form a regular sequence The ballad also exists in an English broadside form	A
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The Story of the ballad has a close counterpart in Flemish Belgium and in southern France The German variants however have a curious history The English broadside ballad was translated into German by F W Meyer in and in this form gained such popularity that it was circulated not only as a broadside but actually in oral tradition with the usual result of alteration Its vogue was not confined to Germany but spread to Hungary and Scandinavia a Swedish broadside appearing within ten years of Meyer's translation	B
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OUR GOODMAN	B
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Hame came our goodman	B
And hame came he	C
And then he saw a saddle horse	D
Where nae horse should be	C
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'What's this now goodwife	E
What's this I see	C
How came this horse here	F
Without the leave o' me '	-
Recitative	E
'A horse ' quo' she	C
'Ay a horse ' quo' he	C
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'Shame fa' your cuckold face	G
Ill mat ye see	C
'Tis naething but a broad sow	H
My minnie sent to me '	-
'A broad sow ' quo' he	C
'Ay a sow ' quo' shee	C
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'Far hae I ridden	B
And farer hae I gane	B
But a saddle on a sow's back	I
I never saw nane '	-
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Hame came our goodman	B
And hame came he	C
He spy'd a pair of jack boots	J
Where nae boots should be	C
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'What's this now goodwife	E
What's this I see	C
How came these boots here	F
Without the leave o' me '	-
'Boots ' quo' she	C
'Ay boots ' quo' he	C
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'Shame fa' your cuckold face	G
And ill mat ye see	C
It's but a pair of water stoups	C
My minnie sent to me '	-
'Water stoups ' quo' he	C
'Ay water stoups ' quo' she	C
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'Far hae I ridden	B
And farer hae I gane	B
But siller spurs on water stoups	C
I saw never nane '	-
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Hame came our goodman	B
And hame came he	C
And he saw a sword	K
Whare a sword should na be	C
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'What's this now goodwife	E
What's this I see	C
How came this sword here	F
Without the leave o' me '	-
'A sword ' quo' she	C
'Ay a sword ' quo' he	C
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'Shame fa' your cuckold face	C
Ill mat ye see	C
It's but a porridge spurtle	L
My minnie sent to me '	-
'A spurtle ' quo' he	C
'Ay a spurtle ' quo' she	C
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'Far hae I ridden	B
And farer hae I gane	B
But siller handed spurtles	C
I saw never nane '	-
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Hame came our goodman	B
And hame came he	C
There he spy'd a powder'd wig	M
Where nae wig shoud be	C
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'What's this now goodwife	E
What's this I see	C
How came this wig here	F
Without the leave o' me '	-
'A wig ' quo' she	C
'Ay a wig ' quo' he	C
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'Shame fa' your cuckold face	C
And ill mat you see	C
'Tis naething but a clocken hen	B
My minnie sent to me '	-
'Clocken hen ' quo' he	C
'Ay clocken hen ' quo' she	C
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'Far hae I ridden	B
And farer hae I gane	B
But powder on a clocken hen	B
I saw never nane '	-
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Hame came our goodman	B
And hame came he	C
And there he saw a muckle coat	N
Where nae coat shoud be	C
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'What's this now goodwife	E
What's this I see	C
How came this coat here	F
Without the leave o' me '	-
'A coat ' quo' she	C
'Ay a coat ' quo' he	C
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'Shame fa' your cuckold face	C
Ill mat ye see	C
It's but a pair o' blankets	C
My minnie sent to me '	-
'Blankets ' quo' he	C
'Ay blankets ' quo' she	C
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'Far hae I ridden	B
And farer hae I gane	B
But buttons upon blankets	C
I saw never nane '	-
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Ben went our goodman	B
And ben went he	C
And there he spy'd a sturdy man	B
Where nae man shoud be	C
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'What's this now goodwife	E
What's this I see	C
How came this man here	F
Without the leave o' me '	-
'A man ' quo' she	C
'Ay a man ' quo' he	C
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'Poor blind body	C
And blinder mat ye be	C
It's a new milking maid	O
My mither sent to me '	-
'A maid ' quo' he	C
'Ay a maid ' quo' she	C
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'Far hae I ridden	B
And farer hae I gane	B
But lang bearded maidens	C
I saw never nane '	-

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