The traditional games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with tunes, singing-rhymes, and methods of playing according to the variants extant and recorded in different parts of the Kingdom; (1894)
Gomme, Alice Bertha · London : D. Nutt · leaf 345
ster too.When my master turnes his backe. —Bests Rural Economy 0/ Vorks., 1641 ;Surtees Society, pp. 135-36. In Long Ago, ii. 130, Mr. Scarlett Potter mentions that inSouth Warwickshire it was customary at harvest-homes togive a kind of dramatic performance. One piece, called TheHiring, represents… … —Barnes, Surrey (A. B. Gorame). I. There stands a lady on the mountain,Who she is I do not know;All she wants is gold and silver,All she wants is a nice young man.Choose one, choose two, choose the fairest one of the two.The fairest one that I can see, Is pretty , walk with me. —Barnes, Surrey (A.…
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