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
XIV. In and out of the window,
In and out of the window;
In and out of the window,
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.
Give me a kiss, my darling,
Give me a kiss, my darling;
Give me a kiss, my darling,
As you have done before.
Follow me to London,
Follow me to London;
Follow me to London,
As you have done before.
—Hanbury, Staffordshire (Miss E. Hollis).
XV. Marching round the ladies,
Marching round the ladies, as you have done before.
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, as you have done before.
Follow me to London,
Follow me to London, as you have done before.
Bring me back to Belfast,
Bring me back to Belfast, as you have done before.
—Belfast, Ireland (W. R. Patterson).
XVI. Come gather again on the old village green,
Come young and come old, who once children have been.
Such frolics and games as ne’er before were seen,
We join in riots and play [? riotous].
Take her off to London,
Take her off to London,
Take her off to London.
In and out the windows,
In and out the windows;
In and out the windows,
As you have gone before.
Round about the village,
Round about the village;
Round about the village,
As you have gone before.
Soon we will get married,
Soon we will get married;
Soon we will get married,
And never more depart.
—Sporle, Norfolk (Miss Matthews).
XVII. Three jolly sailor boys
Lately come ashore,
Spend their time in drinking lager wine,
As they have done before.
We go round, and round, and round,
As we have done before;
And this is a girl, and a very pretty girl,
A kiss for kneeling there.
Go in and out the window,
Go in and out the window;
Go in and out the window,
As we have done before.
Follow me to London,
Follow me to London;
Follow me to London,
As we have done before.
Go back and face your lover,
Go back and face your lover;
Go back and face your lover,
As we have done before.
—Brigg (from a Lincolnshire friend of Miss J. Barker).
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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