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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

Pray get up and choose one, choose one, choose one,
            Pray get up and choose one on a fine summer’s day.

            Pray go to church, love; church, love; church, love;
            Pray go to church, love, on a fine summer’s day.

            Pray put the ring on, ring on, ring on,
            Pray put the ring on, on a fine summer’s day.

            Pray come back, love; back, love; back, love;
            Pray come back, love, on a fine summer’s day.

                Now you’re married, we wish you joy;
                Your father and mother you must obey;
                Love one another like sister and brother;
                And now it’s time to go away.

—(_Suffolk County Folk-lore_, pp. 66, 67.)

    VII.    Poor Mary sits a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping,
            Poor Mary sits a-weeping on a bright summer’s day.

            Pray tell me what you are weeping for, weeping for, weeping
            for,
            Pray tell me what you are weeping for 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.

            Poor Mary’s got a shepherd’s cross, a shepherd’s cross, a
            shepherd’s cross,
            Poor Mary’s got a shepherd’s cross on a bright summer’s day.

—Berkshire (Miss Thoyts, _Antiquary_, xxvii. 254).

    VIII.   Mary sits a-weeping, a-weeping, a-weeping,
            Mary sits a-weeping, close by the sea-side.

            Mary, what are you weeping for, weeping for, weeping for,
            Mary, what are you weeping for, close by the sea-side?

            I’m a-weeping for my sweetheart, my sweetheart, my
            sweetheart,
            I’m a-weeping for my sweetheart, close by the sea-side.

            Pray get up and choose one, and choose one, and choose one,
            Pray get up and choose one, close by the sea-side.

—Winterton and Lincoln (Miss M. Peacock).

    IX.     Poor Mary sits a-weeping, a-weeping,
            Poor Mary sits a-weeping, on a bright summer’s day.

            She is weeping for her lover, her lover,
            She is weeping for her lover on a bright summer’s day.

            Stand up and choose your lover, your lover,
            Stand up and choose your lover, on a bright summer’s day.

            And now she’s got a lover, a lover,
            And now she’s got a lover, on a bright summer’s day.

—Hanbury, Staffs. (Miss E. Hollis).

    X.      Oh, what is Nellie weeping for,
            A-weeping for, a-weeping for?
            Oh, what is Nellie weeping for,
            On a cold and sunshine day?

            I’m weeping for my sweetheart,
            My sweetheart, my sweetheart;
            I’m weeping for my sweetheart
            On a cold and sunshine 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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