which was satisfactory to the disguised "virging".

". . . . and I'd take sword in hand,
And by honour I'd win her if she would command."

Which was still more satisfactory.

Now this virging, being --

(Jimmy Nowlett: "Maiden, Pinter --" Jim is thrown on a stool and sat on
by several diggers.)

Now this maiding, being please-ed to see him so bold,
She gave him her glove that was flowered with gold,

and explained that she found it in his field while hunting around
with her dog and her gun. It is understood that he promised
to look up the owner. Then she went home and put an advertisement
in the local `Herald'; and that ad. must have caused considerable sensation.
She stated that she had lost her golden glove, and

The young man that finds it and brings it to me,
Hoh! that very young man my husband shall be!

She had a saving clause in case the young farmer mislaid the glove
before he saw the ad., and an OLD bloke got holt of it and fetched it along.
But everything went all right. The young farmer turned up with the glove.
He was a very respectable young farmer, and expressed his gratitude to her
for having "honour-ed him with her love." They were married,
and the song ends with a picture of the young farmeress milking the cow,