32 OLD DORSET SONGS. 



THE KING'S FIRST COURSE. 



I went unto the King's first course, 



How I did knock and ring ! 

 And the very very first that answered me 



Was the high and lofty King. 



Chorus. 

 Ri fal de dal de diddle di de ri fal de dal di de. 



" What do you want of me, fair maid ? 



What do you want of me ? " 

 " There is a man in your first course 



That has a-robbed me." 



Chorus. 



11 What has he robbed you of, fair maid ? " 



The King he said to me. 

 " Has he robbed you of any of your houses or land ? 



Or of any of your gold ? " cried he. 



Chorus. 



" He has not robbed me of houses or land, 



Or any of my gold," cried she, 

 " But the finest flower that my garden grows, 



Of that he has robbed me." 



Chorus. 



" What will you know him by, my fair maid ? 



What will you know him by ? " 

 " I will know him by the cape of his coat 



And the winking of his eye." 



Chorus. 



