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As by a barn he chanc d to pass,
by accident he saw,
A young man and a bonny lass,
lie fporting upon the straw.
Wishing for points he ty'd them fast,
together as they lay;
Then blowing of a merry blast,
his pipes aloud did play
They jumped out of the barn door
into an open green;
O such a sight as this before
I think was never seen.
The man and maid did pull and haul,
yet could not get asunder
At ⟨length⟩ aloud for help they call,
like roaring claps of thunder.
Then came on the rood old dame,
from carding of her wool,
The sight she saw, and blush'd for shame
yet she was pitiful.
Because they were in sad ⟨distress⟩,
to them she stright way hied.
But Jack he tied her ⟨nevertheless⟩
unto the maid's backside.
And fix'd a bell unto her snout,
this was Jack's merriment
The old woman she bit her thumbs,
and bitterly did frown:
And with her card she claw'd their bums,
until the blood ran down.
The man he aloud did roar,
so did the damsel too;
Their ⟨buttocks⟩ being so much sore,
the like you never knew.
They caper'd high and also low,
they could not be at rest.
Bet still as Jack his pipes ⟨did⟩ blow,
they thought themselves ⟨possest⟩.
