—Berrington (_Shropshire Folk-lore_, p. 511). VII. Tripping up the green grass, Dusty, dusty, day, Come all ye pretty fair maids, Come and with me play. You shall have a duck, my dear, And you shall have a swan, And you shall have a nice young man A waiting for to come. Suppose he were to die And leave his wife a widow, Come all ye pretty fair maids, Come clap your hands together! Will you come? No! Naughty man, he won’t come out, He won’t come out, he won’t come out, Naughty man, he won’t come out, To help us in our dancing. Will you come? Yes! Now we’ve got our bonny lad, Our bonny lad, our bonny lad, Now we’ve got our bonny lad, To help us in our dancing. —Middlesex (Miss Collyer). VIII. Stepping on the green grass Thus, and thus, and thus; Please may we have a pretty lass To come and play with us? We will give you pots and pans, We will give you brass, No! We will give you anything For a bonny lass. No! We will give you gold and silver, We will give you pearl, We will give you anything For a pretty girl. Yes! You shall have a goose for dinner, You shall have a darling, You shall have a nice young man To take you up the garden. But suppose this young man was to die And leave this girl a widow? The bells would ring, the cats would sing, So we’ll all clap together. —Frodingham and Nottinghamshire (Miss M. Peacock). IX. Stepping up the green grass, Thus, and thus, and thus; Will you let one of your fair maids Come and play with us? We will give you pots and pans, We will give you brass, We will give you anything For a pretty lass. No! We won’t take your pots and pans, We won’t take your brass, We won’t take your anything For a pretty lass. Stepping up the green grass, Thus, and thus, and thus; Will you let one of your fair maids Come and play with us? We will give you gold and silver, We will give you pearl, We will give you anything For a pretty girl. Yes!