Henry Robert Morland
‘Twas on a Monday morning
When I beheld my darling
She looked so neat and charming
In every high degree
She looked so neat and nimble, O
A-washing of her linen, O
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
She stole my heart away.
Henry Robert Morland
‘Twas on a Tuesday morning
When I beheld my darling
She looked so neat and charming
In every high degree
She looked so neat and nimble, O
A-rinsing out her linen, O
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
She stole my heart away.
Helen Allingham
‘Twas on a Wednesday morning
When I beheld my darling
She looked so neat and charming
In every high degree
She looked so neat and nimble, O
A-hanging out her linen, O
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
She stole my heart away.
Franz Xaver Simm
‘Twas on a Thursday morning
When I beheld my darling
She looked so neat and charming
In every high degree
She looked so neat and nimble, O
A-mending of her linen, O
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
She stole my heart away.
Henry Robert Morland
‘Twas on a Friday morning
When I beheld my darling
She looked so neat and charming
In every high degree
She looked so neat and nimble, O
A-ironing of her linen, O
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
She stole my heart away.
William Henry Margetson
‘Twas on a Saturday morning
When I beheld my darling
She looked so neat and charming
In every high degree
She looked so neat and nimble, O
A-folding of her linen, O
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
She stole my heart away.
Emil Brack
‘Twas on a Sunday morning
When I beheld my darling
She looked so neat and charming
In every high degree
She looked so neat and nimble, O
A-wearing of her linen, O
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
She stole my heart away.
Henry Robert Morland
I have recently been looking at eighteenth and nineteenth century paintings looking for images of people working. These include a fascinating series of paintings of working women, which I have used to illustrate the traditional rhyme.
The Curious Archaeologist 