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           TheJesternextstruckintoanothercarol,asortofcomicditty,towhichtheKnight,catchingupthetune,repliedinthelikemanner.

           KnightandWamba.

           Therecamethreemerrymenfromsouth,west,andnorth,

           Evermoresingtheroundelay;

           TowintheWidowofWycombeforth,

           Andwherewasthewidowmightsaythemnay?

           Thefirstwasaknight,andfromTynedalehecame,

           Evermoresingtheroundelay;

           Andhisfathers,Godsaveus,weremenofgreatfame,

           Andwherewasthewidowmightsayhimnay?

           Ofhisfatherthelaird,ofhisunclethesquire,

           Heboastedinrhymeandinroundelay;

           Shebadehimgobaskbyhissea-coalfire,

           Forshewasthewidowwouldsayhimnay.

           Wamba.

           Thenextthatcameforth,sworebybloodandbynails,

           Merrilysingtheroundelay;

           Hur’sagentleman,Godwot,andhur’slineagewasofWales,

           Andwherewasthewidowmightsayhimnay?

           SirDavidapMorganapGriffithapHugh

           ApTudorapRhice,quothhisroundelay

           Shesaidthatonewidowforsomanywastoofew,

           AndshebadetheWelshmanwendhisway.

           Butthennextcameayeoman,ayeomanofKent,

           Jollilysinginghisroundelay;

           Hespoketothewidowoflivingandrent,

           Andwherewasthewidowcouldsayhimnay?

           Both.

           Sotheknightandthesquirewerebothleftinthemire,

           Therefortosingtheirroundelay;

           ForayeomanofKent,withhisyearlyrent,

           Thereneverwasawidowcouldsayhimnay.

           "Iwould,Wamba,"saidtheknight,"thatourhostoftheTrysting-tree,orthejollyFriar,hischaplain,heardthisthydittyinpraiseofourbluffyeoman."