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.
Gomme, Alice Bertha
Folklore -- Great Britain; Games -- Great Britain
IX. Round about the village,
Round about the village;
Round about the village,
As you have done before.
In and out of the windows,
In and out of the windows;
In and out of the windows,
As you have done before.
I stand before my lover,
I stand before my lover;
I stand before my lover,
As I have done before.
Follow me to London,
Follow me to London;
Follow me to London,
As you have done before.
Dance away to Fairyland,
Dance away to Fairyland;
Dance away to Fairyland,
As we have done before.
—Stevenage, Herts. (Mrs. Lloyd, taught to a friend’s children by a nurse
from Stevenage).
X. All round the village,
All round the village;
All round the village,
As we have done before.
In and out of the window,
In and out of the window;
In and out of the window,
As we have done before.
Stand and face your lover,
Stand and face your lover;
Stand and face your lover,
As we have done before.
Kiss her if you love her,
Kiss her if you love her;
Kiss her if you love her,
As we have done before.
Take her off to London,
Take her off to London;
Take her off to London,
As we have done before.
—Earls Heaton, Yorks. (Herbert Hardy).
XI. All round the village,
All round the village;
All round the village,
As you have done before.
In and out the windows,
In and out the windows;
In and out the windows,
As you have done before.
Stand and face your lover,
Stand and face your lover;
Stand and face your lover,
As you have done before.
Follow her to London,
Follow her to London;
Follow her to London,
As you have done before.
—Tean, North Staffs, (from a Monitor in the School).
XII. Round and round the village, &c.,
As you have done before.
In and out the windows, as you have done before.
Stand and face your lover, &c.
Follow me to London, &c.
—Roxton, St. Neots (Miss E. Lumley).
XIII. Out and in the windows,
Out and in the windows;
Out and in the windows,
As you have done before.
Stand before your lover,
Stand before your lover;
Stand before your lover,
As you have done before.
Follow her to London,
Follow her to London;
Follow her to London,
Before the break of day.
—Fraserburgh (Rev. W. Gregor).
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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