The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2): With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.Gomme, Alice Bertha
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The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2): With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.
Gomme, Alice Bertha
Folklore -- Great Britain; Games -- Great Britain
For you shall have a dik-ma-day,
You shall have a drāgon;
You shall have a nice young man
With princes for his thēgan (or sēgan).
—Lanarkshire (W. G. Black).
III. A dish, a dish, a green grass,
A dish, a dish, a dish,
Come all you pretty maidens
And dance along wi’ us.
For we are lads a roving,
A roving through the land,
We’ll take this pretty fair maid
By her lily white hand.
Ye sall get a duke, my dear,
An ye sall get a drake,
An ye sall get a bonny prince
For your ain dear sake.
And if they all should die,
Ye sall get anither;
The bells will ring, the birds will sing,
And we’ll clap our hands together.
—Biggar (W. Ballantyne).
IV. Dissy, dissy, green grass,
Dissy, dissy, duss,
Come all ye pretty fair maids
And dance along with us.
You shall have a duck, my dear,
And you shall have a drake,
And you shall have a nice young man
To love you for your sake.
If this young man should chance to die
And leave the girl a widow,
The birds shall sing, the bells shall ring,
Clap all your hands together.
—Yorkshire (Henderson’s _Folk-lore, Northern Counties_, p. 27).
V. Dossy, dossy green grass,
Dossy, dossy, doss,
Come all ye pretty fair maids
And dance upon the grass.
I will give you pots and pans,
I will give you brass,
I will give you anything
For a pretty lass.
I will give you gold and silver,
I will give you pearl,
I will give you anything
For a pretty girl.
Take one, take one, the fairest you can see.
You shall have a duck, my dear,
You shall have a drake,
You shall have a young man
Apprentice for your sake.
If this young man shall wealthy grow
And give his wife a feather,
The bells shall ring and birds shall sing
And we’ll all clap hands together.
—Roxton, St. Neots (Miss Lumley).
VI. Walking up the green grass,
A dust, a dust, a dust!
We want a pretty maiden
To walk along with us.
We’ll take this pretty maiden,
We’ll take her by the hand,
She shall go to Derby,
And Derby is the land!
She shall have a duck, my dear,
She shall have a drake,
She shall have a nice young man
A-fighting for her sake!
Suppose this young man was to die,
And leave the poor girl a widow;
The bells would ring and we should sing,
And all clap hands together!
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