‘Joan’, quoth John

1. ‘Joan’, quoth John, ‘when will that be?
Tell me, when wilt thou marry me?
My cow and eke my calf and rent,
My land and all my tenement.
‖: Say, Joan, say, Joan, what wilt thou do?
I cannot, I cannot
Come every, every day to woo, :‖: to woo. :‖ (×3)
‖: I cannot come every day to woo, :‖ to woo.
I cannot come ‖: every :‖ day ‖: to woo.’ :‖ (×4)

3. ‘John’, quoth Joan, ‘is there such haste?
Look ere you leap, lest you make waste.
If haste you have with me to wed,
More belongs to a bride’s bed.
‖: Wherefore, wherefore thus must you do:
Day and night, day and night
Come every, every hour to woo, :‖: to woo. :‖ (×3)
‖: Day and night come every hour to woo, :‖ to woo.
Day and night come ‖: every :‖ hour ‖: to woo.’ :‖ (×4)

4. ‘John, if you will needs me have,
This is that which I do crave:
To let me have my will in all,
And then with thee I’ll never brawl.
‖: Say, John, say, John, shall this be so?
Then you need not, then you need not
Come every, every hour to woo, :‖: to woo. :‖ (×3)
‖: Then you need not come every hour to woo, :‖ to woo.
Then you need not come ‖: every :‖ hour ‖: to woo.’ :‖ (×4)