Ralph and Nell's Ramble to Oxford is an English broadside ballad from the late 18th century.
His father agrees to let him go with his sister, Nell, and his mother makes him take a horse so they can ride to Oxford.
They decide to move on toward town, where they see a man dressed in rags wearing a plate on his head.
In an alley, a wencher grabs Nell and tries to kiss her, but Ralph hits him over the head with his stick.
Told from the standpoint of the "country dick," the language shows an accent in the substitution of v for f ("vather" for "father") and z for s ("zister" for "sister").