Part 2 — No 110 IN BIBBERLEY TOWN

1 In Bibberley town a maid did dwell, A buxom lass, as I've heard tell; As straight as a wand, just twenty two, And many a bachelor had her in view. Ri fal de ral diddle, ri fal de ral dee, What ups and downs in the world there be! 2 This maid so beautiful fair and free, Was sought by a squire of high degree; He courted her honestly for his wife, But she couldn't venture so high in life. Ri fal de ral &c. 3 A tinker there came to mend the kettle, She fell in love with the man of metal; His songs and his jokes won her heart and her hand, And she promised with him in the church to stand. Ri fal de ral &c. 4 They wed, and this jovial mender of pots Proved only a brute and the prince of sots; He beat her, he starved her, she gave him the slip, And back to Bibberley town did trip. Ri fal de ral &c. 5 She found that the Squire her former flame Had wooed and married a wealthy dame; But a vacant place in the house she took, And, instead of his wife, she became his cook. Ri fal de ral diddle, ri fal de ral dee; What ups and downs in the world there be!