What brought you into my room,
to my room,
to my room?
What brought you into my room,
says the mistress unto Dan.
I came here to court your daughter,
ma'am,
I parted no great harm,
ma'am.
Oh, Dan, me dear, you're welcome here.
Oh, thank you, ma'am, says Dan.
How came you to know me, daughter,
me daughter, me daughter?
How came you to know me, daughter,
says the mistress unto Dan?
Going to the well for water,
ma'am,
to raise the can,
I taught her,
ma'am.
Oh, Dan, me dear, you're welcome here.
Oh, thank you, ma'am, says Dan.
She's a bonny girl, your daughter,
your daughter,
your daughter.
She's a bonny girl,
your daughter,
and I like her well,
says Dan.
She's a girl that's fit for any man,
has a gruff for you,
dear Dan.
Oh, Dan, me dear, you're welcome here.
Thank you, ma'am, says Dan.
You can have me, daughter,
me daughter, me daughter.
You can have me, daughter,
says the mistress unto Dan.
But if you take me,
daughter,
Dan,
of course you take me also,
Dan. Oh,
Dan,
me dear,
you're welcome here.
Begum,
thank you, ma'am, says Dan.
This couple,
they got married,
got married,
got married.
This couple, they got married, the mistress,
the bed, and Dan.
And now he keeps her mother and her
father and her brother and,
oh, Dan, you're the lucky man.
Oh, Lord.
Thank you, ma'am, says Dan.