Oh she looked out of the window As white as any milk But he looked into the window As black as any silk Hello, hello, hello, hello Hello you coal black smith Oh what is your silly song? You shall never change my maiden name That I have kept so long I'd rather die a maid yes But then she said And be buried in my grave yes And then she said That I'd have such a nasty Husky dusky musty fusty Coal black smith A maiden will I die Then she became a duck A duck all on the stream And he became a water dog And fetched her back again Then she became a hare A hare all on the plain And he became a greyhound dog And fetched her back again Then she became a fly A fly all in the air And he became a spider And fetched her to his lair