T. R. Smith, comp. Poetica Erotica: Rare and Curious Amatory Verse. 1921–22.

How Can I Keep My Maidenhead?

Anonymous


(18th Century) HOW can I keep my maidenhead,
My maidenhead, my maidenhead,
How can I keep my maidenhead,
Among sae mony men, O?

The Captain bad a guinea for’t,	5
A guinea for’t, a guinea for’t;
The Captain bad a guinea for’t,
The Colonel he bad ten, O.

But I’ll do as my minnie did,
My minnie did, my minnie did;	10
But I’ll do as my minnie did,
For siller I’ll hae nane, O.

I’ll gie it to a bonnie lad,
A bonnie lad, a bonnie lad;
I’ll gie it to a bonnie lad,	15
For just as good again, O.