My true love lives far from me,

a
My true love lives far from me,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie,
Many a rich present he send to me,
Petrum, Partrum, Paradise, Temporie,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie.

b
He sent me a goose, without a bone,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie,
He sent me a cherry, without a stone,
Petrum, Partrum, Paradise, Temporie,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie.

c
He sent me a Bible, no man could read,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie,
He sent me a blanket without a thread,
Petrum, Partrum, Paradise, Temporie,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie.

d
How could there be a goose without a bone?
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie,
How could there be a cherry without a stone?
Petrum, Partrum, Paradise, Temporie,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie.

e
How could there be a Bible no man could read?
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie,
How could there be a blanket without a thread?
Petrum, Partrum, Paradise, Temporie,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie.

f
When the goose is in the egg-shell there is no bone,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie,
When the cherry is in the blossom, there is no stone,
Petrum, Partrum, Paradise, Temporie,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie.

g
When ye* Bible is in ye press no man it can read,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie,
When ye wool is on ye sheep's back, there is no thread,
Petrum, Partrum, Paradise, Temporie,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie.