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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

On the carpet she shall kneel,
            While the grass grows in the field;
            Stand upright upon your feet,
            Choose the one you love so sweet.

            When you’re married I wish you joy,
            First a girl and second a boy,
            Seven years after, son and daughter,
            Now, young couple, kiss together.

—Gambledown, Hants (Mrs. Pinsent).

    IV.     Oh! this pretty little girl of mine,
            Has cost me many a bottle of wine;
            A bottle of wine and a guinea or two,
            So see what my little girl can do.

            Down on the carpet she shall kneel,
            While the grass grows on her field;
            Stand upright upon your feet,
            And choose the one you love so sweet.

            Now you are married you must obey,
            Must be true in all you say;
            You must be kind and very good,
            And help your wife to chop the wood.

—Maxey (_Northants Notes and Queries_, i. 214).

    V.      Here’s a pretty little girl of mine,
            She’s cost me many a bottle of wine;
            A bottle of wine and a guinea too,
            See what my little girl can do.

            Down on the carpet she must kneel,
            As the grass grows in the field;
            Stand upright upon her feet,
            And choose the one she loves so sweet.

            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.     Oh! this pretty little girl of mine,
            She bought me many a bottle of wine,
            A bottle of wine she gave me too,
            So see what my little girl could do.

            Stand up, stand up upon your feet,
            And choose the one you love so sweet.

—Liphook, Hants (Miss Fowler).

    VII.    See what a pretty little girl have I,
            She brings me many a bottle of wi’;
            A bottle of wine and a biscuit too,
            See what a little girl can do.
            On the carpet she shall kneel,
            As the grass grows in the fiel’;
            Stand upright upon your feet,
            And choose the one you love so sweet.

            Now you’re married we wish you joy,
            First a girl and then a boy,
            Seven years after, son and daughter,
            May you couple kiss together.

—South Devon (_Notes and Queries_, 8th series, i. 249; Miss R. H. Busk).

    VIII.   See what a pretty little girl I am,
            She gave me many a bottle of wine,
            Many a bottle of wine, and a biscuit too,
            See what a pretty little girl can do.
            On the carpet you shall kneel,
            Stand up straight all in the field,
            Choose the one that you love best.

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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

On the carpet she shall kneel,
            While the grass grows in the field;
            Stand upright upon your feet,
            Choose the one you love so sweet.

            When you’re married I wish you joy,
            First a girl and second a boy,
            Seven years after, son and daughter,
            Now, young couple, kiss together.

—Gambledown, Hants (Mrs. Pinsent).

    IV.     Oh! this pretty little girl of mine,
            Has cost me many a bottle of wine;
            A bottle of wine and a guinea or two,
            So see what my little girl can do.

            Down on the carpet she shall kneel,
            While the grass grows on her field;
            Stand upright upon your feet,
            And choose the one you love so sweet.

            Now you are married you must obey,
            Must be true in all you say;
            You must be kind and very good,
            And help your wife to chop the wood.

—Maxey (_Northants Notes and Queries_, i. 214).

    V.      Here’s a pretty little girl of mine,
            She’s cost me many a bottle of wine;
            A bottle of wine and a guinea too,
            See what my little girl can do.

            Down on the carpet she must kneel,
            As the grass grows in the field;
            Stand upright upon her feet,
            And choose the one she loves so sweet.

            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.     Oh! this pretty little girl of mine,
            She bought me many a bottle of wine,
            A bottle of wine she gave me too,
            So see what my little girl could do.

            Stand up, stand up upon your feet,
            And choose the one you love so sweet.

—Liphook, Hants (Miss Fowler).

    VII.    See what a pretty little girl have I,
            She brings me many a bottle of wi’;
            A bottle of wine and a biscuit too,
            See what a little girl can do.
            On the carpet she shall kneel,
            As the grass grows in the fiel’;
            Stand upright upon your feet,
            And choose the one you love so sweet.

            Now you’re married we wish you joy,
            First a girl and then a boy,
            Seven years after, son and daughter,
            May you couple kiss together.

—South Devon (_Notes and Queries_, 8th series, i. 249; Miss R. H. Busk).

    VIII.   See what a pretty little girl I am,
            She gave me many a bottle of wine,
            Many a bottle of wine, and a biscuit too,
            See what a pretty little girl can do.
            On the carpet you shall kneel,
            Stand up straight all in the field,
            Choose the one that 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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