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ALL THE BOYS IN OUR TOWN \ |
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He would follow to the grave With black buttons and black crape, And a guinea for the church, And the bell shall ring.
Up came the doctor, up came the cat, Up came the devil with a white straw hat. Down went the doctor, down went the cat, Down went the devil with a white straw hat.*
—Deptford (Miss Chase).
III. Up the heathery mountains and down the rushy glen We dare not go a-hunting for Connor and his men ; They are all lusty bachelors but one I know, And that's [Tom Mulligan], the flower of the flock; He is the flower of the flock, he is the keeper of the glen, He courted [Kate O'Neill] before he was a man; He huggled her, he guggled her, he took her on his knee, Saying, My bonnie [Kate O'Neill], won't you marry me ?
So------made a pudding so nice and so sweet,
Saying, Taste, love, taste, and don't say no, For next Sunday morning to church we will go.
With rings on our fingers and belJs on our toes,
And a little baby in her arms, and that's the way she goes.
And here's a clap, and here's a clap, for Mrs. ------'s
daughter. —Belfast (W. H. Patterson).
IV. Up the plain and down the plain, As stippy [slippery] as a glass,
We will go to Mrs.-------
To find a pretty lass.
[Annie] with her rosy cheeks,
Catch her if you can, And if you cannot catch her
I'll tell you who's the man.
[Annie] made a pudding, She made it very sweet;
* Miss Chase says, " I think the order of verses is right; the children hesitated a little." |
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