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
Walk to church, love, walk to church, love,
Walk to church, love, Farewell!
Come to the ring, love, come to the ring, love,
Come to the ring, love, Farewell!
Give a kiss, love, give a kiss, love,
Give a kiss, love, Farewell!
—West Grinstead, Sussex (_Notes and Queries_, 8th Series, i. 249, Miss
Busk).
V. Arabella!
Arabella!
Arabella! Farewell!
Last night when we parted
I left you broken-hearted
Down by the mill-side.
Who’ll you have, love?
Who’ll you have, love?
Who’ll you have, love? Farewell!
Go to church, love,
Go to church, love,
Go to church, love, Farewell!
Come back, love,
Come back, love,
Come back, love, Farewell!
Shake hands, love,
Shake hands, love,
Shake hands, love, Farewell!
Take a kiss, love,
Take a kiss, love,
Take a kiss, love, Farewell!
—Platt School, near Wrotham, Kent (Miss Burne).
VI. Isabella, Isabella, Isabella, Farewell!
Last night when we parted
I left you broken-hearted,
And on the green meadow
You was standing alone.
Choose a sweetheart, choose a sweetheart,
Choose a sweetheart, fair maid.
Take her hand, love, take her hand, love,
Take her hand, love, fair maid.
Kneel down, love, kneel down, love,
Kneel down, love, fair maid.
Take a kiss, love, take a kiss, love,
Take a kiss, love, fair maid.
Now you’re married I wish you joy,
First a girl and then a boy,
Seven years after son and daughter;
Pray, young couple, come kiss together.
Kiss her once, kiss her twice, kiss her three times over.
—From a London nursemaid, 1878 (A. B. Gomme).
VII. Isabella, Isabella, Isabella, Farewell!
Last night when we parted
I believed you broken-hearted,
As on the green mountain
You stands [_qy._ sang] like a lark.
Go to church, love, go to church, love,
Go to church, love, Farewell!
In the ring, love, in the ring, love,
In the ring, love, Farewell!
Give a kiss, love, give a kiss, love,
Give a kiss, love, Farewell!
Isabella, Isabella, Isabella, Farewell!
—Fernham and Longcot (Miss I. Barclay).
VIII. Isabella, Isabella, Isabella, Farewell!
Last night when I departed I left her broken-hearted;
On the hill yonder there stands your young man.
Fetch him here, love, fetch him here, love,
Fetch him here, love, Farewell!
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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