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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

Go to church with your lover, your lover, your lover,
            Go to church with your lover, on a bright summer’s day.

            Be happy in a ring, love; a ring, love; a ring, love.
            Kiss both together, love, on this bright summer’s day.

—Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire (Miss Broadwood).

    III.    Pray, Sally, what are you weeping for—
            Weeping for—weeping for?
            Pray, Sally, what are you weeping for,
            On a bright shiny day?

            I am weeping for a sweetheart—
            A sweetheart—a sweetheart;
            I am weeping for a sweetheart,
            On a bright shiny day.

            Pray, Sally, go and get one—
            Go and get one—get one;
            Pray, Sally, go and get one,
            On a bright shiny day.

            Pray, Sally, now you’ve got one—
            You’ve got one—got one;
            Pray, Sally, now you’ve got one,
            On a bright sunny day.

            One kiss will never part you—
            Never part you—part you;
            One kiss will never part you,
            On a bright sunny day.

—Dorsetshire (_Folk-lore Journal_, vii. 209).

    IV.     Poor —— sat a-weeping,
            A-weeping, a-weeping;
            Poor —— sat a-weeping,
            On a bright summer’s day.

            I’m weeping for a sweetheart,
            A sweetheart, a sweetheart;
            I’m weeping for a sweetheart,
            On a bright summer’s day.

            Oh, pray get up and choose one,
            And choose one, and choose one;
            Oh, pray get up and choose one,
            On a bright summer’s day.

                Now you’re married, you must obey;
                You must be true to all you say.
                You must be kind, you must be good,
                And help your wife to chop the wood.

—Sporle, Norfolk (Miss Matthews).

    V.      Poor Mary sat a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping,
            Poor Mary sat a-weeping, down by the sea-side.

            By the side of the river, by the side of the river,
            She sat down and cried.

            Oh, pray get up and choose one, and choose one, and choose
            one,
            Oh, pray get up and choose one, down by the sea-side.

                Now you’re married, I wish you joy;
                Father and mother you must obey;
                Love one another like sister and brother,
                And pray, young couple, come kiss one another.

—Colchester (Miss G. M. Frances).

    VI.     Poor Mary is a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping,
            Poor Mary is a-weeping on a fine summer’s day.

            What is she weeping for, weeping for, weeping for,
            What is she weeping for on a fine summer’s day?

            She’s weeping for her sweetheart, her sweetheart, her
            sweetheart,
            She’s weeping for her sweetheart on a fine summer’s day.

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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.

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