Madam, Will You Walk?

O will you accept of a new silver pin
To pin up your hair and your fine mus-e-lin
Madam will you walk?
Madam will you talk with me?

No, I won't acccpt of a new silver pin
To pin up my hair and my fine mus-e-lin
Neither will I walk
Neither will I talk with you.

Will you accept of the key of my heart
To bind us together and to never never part!
Madam will you walk?
Madam will you talk with me?

No, I won't accept of the key of your heart
To bind us together and to never never part
Madam will you walk?
Madam will you talk with me?


Will you accept of the key of my des'
And all the money that I posscss?
Madam will you walk?
Madam will you talk with me?

Yes, I will acccpt of the key of your des'
And all the money that you possess
Then I will walk
Then I will talk with you.

Coda:
When you could, you would not
Now you will, you shall not
So fare thee well
My Catherine Sue

From Folksongs of Britain and Ireland, Kennedy
Collected from Lottie Chapman, 1955
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