A little man proposes to a little maid in rhyming, repeating lines, and she wants to know how they will eat before she says yes. The doubled-up endings, wed wed wed, spit spit spit, are great fun to say aloud.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
There was a little man,
Who wooed a little maid,
And he said, "Little maid, will you wed, wed, wed?
I have little more to say,
So will you, yea or nay,
For least said is soonest mended-ded, ded, ded."
The little maid replied,
"Should I be your little bride,
Pray what must we have for to eat, eat, eat?
Will the flame that you're so rich in
Light a fire in the kitchen?
Or the little god of love turn the spit, spit, spit?"
About this rhyme
Rhyme: man proposes ('will you wed, wed, wed'), maid's reply opens with 'what must we have for to eat, eat, eat' - matches the description.
"A Man and a Maid" is a courting rhyme played for laughs: a little man proposes, and the little maid's first question is what they'll eat. The triple-word endings, wed, wed, wed, and the rest, keep it bouncing along in the same style as "A Little Man".
Good for two voices, one for him and one for her.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition