An old folk song from Gloucester. A pretty country maid is interrupted in her morning walk by a farm boy.
https://www.contemplator.com/england/prettymaid.html
He proposes marriage, but...
"A farmer's wife must work,
Both late and early,
Like any foreign Turk, [gasp... Turkophobic]
Therefore believe me.
I don't intend to be
A servant bound to thee.
To do thy drudgery,
Thou boasting stranger."
Ha!
I remember it, Rooster!
Well, perhaps it is, Tink (that early blow)...she does seem a bit restive...
Without any guile or care,
To no man tied;
...
Thou boasting stranger.