Text: Traditional
Music: Thomas Vautor
Published: Oxford University Press

Soprano: Julie Bailey
Mezzo: Janet Malkiewicz
Alto: Jennifer Kujawski
Tenor: Roland Brenny
Bass: Allen Fisher

Mother, I will have a husband,
And I will have him out of hand.
Mother, I will sure have one,
In spite of her that will have none.

John a Dun should have had me long ago,
He said I have good lips to kiss
Mother, I will sure have one,
In spite of her that will have none.
For I have hear ’tis trim when folks do love.
By good Sir John I swear now I will prove.
For Mother, I will sure have one,
In spite of her that will have none.

To the town therefore will I gad,
To get me a husband good or bad.

Mother, I will have a husband,
And I will have him out of hand.
Mother, I will sure have one,
In spite of her that will have none.