Thank You Ma'am' Says Dan
"What brought you in to my room,
To my room, to my room?
What brought you in to my room,"
Says the mistress unto Dan.
"I came here to court your daughter Ma'am
I thought it no great harm ma'am"
"Oh! Dan, my dear you're welcome here,"
"I thank you ma'am," says Dan.
'How come you to know my daughter,
My daughter, my daughter?
How come you to know my daughter?
Says the mistress unto Dan.
"Goin' to the welll for water, ma'am,
To raise the can I taught her ma'am,"
Oh! Dan, my dear, you're welcome here
"I thank you ma'am" says Dan.
"Oh I then you can have my daughter,
My davghter, mydaughter,
I'll let you take my daughter,"
Says the mistress unco Dan.
"And when you take my daughter, Dan,
Of course you will cake me also, Dan.
Oh! Dan, my dear you're welcome here,"
"I thank you ma'am" says Dan." *
This couple they got married,
Got married, got married,
This couple they got married,
Miss Elizabeth and Dan.
And now he keeps her mother
And her fathet and his charmer, O,
And they're known throughout the country
By the name of "Thank ye, Ma'am."