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The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 2 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 2 of 2): With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes, and Methods of Playing etc.

Name: The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 2 of 2): With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes, and Methods of Playing etc.
Author: Gomme, Alice Bertha

Gomme, Alice Bertha

Folklore -- Great Britain; Games -- Great Britain

XXVIII. Sally Water, Sally Water,
            Come sprinkle your fan;
            Sally, Sally Waters, sprinkle in a pan;
            Rise, Sally, rise, Sally, for a young man.
            Choose to the east, and choose to the west,
            And choose the dearest one that you love best.

            Now you’re married, we wish you joy,
            First a girl and then a boy;
            Love one another like sister and brother,
            And never lose time by kissing one another.

—West Haddon (_Northamptonshire Notes and Queries_, ii. 104).

    XXIX.   Little Sally Waters, sitting in the sun,
            Crying and weeping for her young man.
            Rise, Sally, rise, wipe up your tears,
            Fly to the east, fly to the west,
            Fly to the one that you love the best.

—Brigg, Lincolnshire (Miss Barker).

    XXX.    Hie Sally Walker, hie Sally Ken,
            Hie Sally Walker, follow young men.
            Choose to the east, and choose to the west,
            Choose to the very one you love best.

            Marriage comfort and marriage joy,
            First a girl and then a boy.
            Seven years after, seven years to come,
            Fire on the mountain, kiss and run.

—Belfast, Ireland (W. H. Patterson).

    XXXI.   Little Alice Sander
            Sat upon a cinder,
            Weeping and crying for her young man.
            Rise up, Alice, dry your tears,
            Choose the one that you love best,
            Alice my dear.

            Now they have got married
            I hope they will joy,
            Seven years afterwards, seven years ago,
            Now is the time to kiss and go.

—Earls Heaton, Yorks. (Herbert Hardy).

    XXXII.  Rise, Sally Walker,
            Rise if you can,
            Rise, Sally Walker, and follow your good man;
            Choose to the east, and choose to the west,
            Choose to the one you love best.
            There is a couple married in joy,
            Past a girl and then a boy,
            Seven years after, seven years to come,
            Kiss you couple, kiss and be done.
            A’ the many hours to us a happy life,
            Except —— and he wants a wife.
            A wife shall he have,
            And a widower shall he be,
            Except —— that sits on his knee,
            A guid fauld hoose and a blacket fireside,
            Draw up your gartens and show all your bride.

—(Rev. W. Gregor).

    XXXIII. Arise, Sally Walker, arise, if you can,
            Arise, Sally Walker, and follow your good man;
            Come choose to the east, come choose to the west,
            Come choose to the very one you love best.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 2 of 2): With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes, and Methods of Playing etc.Gomme, Alice Bertha

General

The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 2 of 2): With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes, and Methods of Playing etc.

Gomme, Alice Bertha

Folklore -- Great Britain; Games -- Great Britain

XXVIII. Sally Water, Sally Water,
            Come sprinkle your fan;
            Sally, Sally Waters, sprinkle in a pan;
            Rise, Sally, rise, Sally, for a young man.
            Choose to the east, and choose to the west,
            And choose the dearest one that you love best.

            Now you’re married, we wish you joy,
            First a girl and then a boy;
            Love one another like sister and brother,
            And never lose time by kissing one another.

—West Haddon (_Northamptonshire Notes and Queries_, ii. 104).

    XXIX.   Little Sally Waters, sitting in the sun,
            Crying and weeping for her young man.
            Rise, Sally, rise, wipe up your tears,
            Fly to the east, fly to the west,
            Fly to the one that you love the best.

—Brigg, Lincolnshire (Miss Barker).

    XXX.    Hie Sally Walker, hie Sally Ken,
            Hie Sally Walker, follow young men.
            Choose to the east, and choose to the west,
            Choose to the very one you love best.

            Marriage comfort and marriage joy,
            First a girl and then a boy.
            Seven years after, seven years to come,
            Fire on the mountain, kiss and run.

—Belfast, Ireland (W. H. Patterson).

    XXXI.   Little Alice Sander
            Sat upon a cinder,
            Weeping and crying for her young man.
            Rise up, Alice, dry your tears,
            Choose the one that you love best,
            Alice my dear.

            Now they have got married
            I hope they will joy,
            Seven years afterwards, seven years ago,
            Now is the time to kiss and go.

—Earls Heaton, Yorks. (Herbert Hardy).

    XXXII.  Rise, Sally Walker,
            Rise if you can,
            Rise, Sally Walker, and follow your good man;
            Choose to the east, and choose to the west,
            Choose to the one you love best.
            There is a couple married in joy,
            Past a girl and then a boy,
            Seven years after, seven years to come,
            Kiss you couple, kiss and be done.
            A’ the many hours to us a happy life,
            Except —— and he wants a wife.
            A wife shall he have,
            And a widower shall he be,
            Except —— that sits on his knee,
            A guid fauld hoose and a blacket fireside,
            Draw up your gartens and show all your bride.

—(Rev. W. Gregor).

    XXXIII. Arise, Sally Walker, arise, if you can,
            Arise, Sally Walker, and follow your good man;
            Come choose to the east, come choose to the west,
            Come choose to the very one you love best.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 2 of 2): With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes, and Methods of Playing etc.

The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 2 of 2): With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes, and Methods of Playing etc.

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