mally's meek, mally's sweet
chorus—mally's meek, mally's sweet,
mally's modest and discreet;
mally's rare, mally's fair,
mally's every wayplete.
as i was walking up the street,
a barefit maid i chanc'd to meet;
but o the road was very hard
for that fair maiden's tender feet.
mally's meek, &c.