Six Geese A-Laying

Ida eyed me up one day,
But in a hurry I didn't stay.

Christmas came and a card she sent,
I really wondered what she meant.

Six geese a-laying, the card it did depict,
Now my feelings were quite mixed !

I should cocoa, was my thought,
Her ideas were not sought.

So I thought I will stay single,
But a card of a starry dingle ?

No, I thought, the singular me,
Can only be a partridge in a pear tree !