Oh Pretty Maid

Oh pretty maid, will you marry me?
Oh pretty maid, will you be mine?
I’ll dress you all in satin fair and jewelry all so fine.
I’ll build for you a house so grand
With servants, one, two, three.
I offer you all of this, pretty maid,
If only you’ll marry me.
My lord, I thank you for your words,
I know you speak them true,
But I fear it is not in my heart
For me to marry you.
Oh pretty maid, will you marry me?
Oh maid, will you be my bride?
I’d overcome any obstacle
Were you but at my side.
I’d slay for you a dragon fierce,
And serve him up for tea.
I’d do all these things for you, pretty maid,
If only you’d marry me.
My lord, your strength is manifest,
And it shall have its due,
But not from me, my lord, because
I cannot marry you.
Oh pretty maid, will you marry me?
Oh maid, will you be my wife?
You’d be to me a jewel rare
To shine throughout my life.
I must confess, I worship you
As all that maid should be
You’d make me wealthy, pretty maid,
If only you’d marry me.
My lord, you speak so earnestly,
I cannot help be moved;
But alas, I cannot marry you:
My husband would not approve.
Oh maid, you have rejected me
In spite of all I’ve said;
So since you will not marry me,
Will you kindly leave my bed?