A rhyme about choosing your own path, sung by someone who'd rather be a fiddler's wife than anyone's Jack or Jill. The repeated chorus line makes it easy to join in.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
I won't be my father's Jack,
I won't be my father's Jill;
I will be the fiddler's wife,
And have music when I will.
T'other little tune,
T'other little tune,
Prithee, Love, play me
T'other little tune.
About this rhyme
singing rhyme
This one is built for singing rather than saying, with a chorus asking for 't'other little tune' once the verse is done, the way a real folk song would. The girl in it won't be tied to her father's house. She'd rather be the fiddler's wife, with music whenever she wants it. It suits humming along more than reciting.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition