The Traditional Children's Games of England Scotland
& Ireland In Dictionary Form - Volume 1

With Tunes(sheet music), Singing-rhymes(lyrics), Methods Of Playing with diagrams and illustrations.

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	GREEN GRASS
	—Congleton (Miss A. E. Twemlow). I. A dis, a dis, a green grass, A dis, a dis, a dis; Come all you pretty fair maids And dance along with us. For we are going roving, A roving in this land ; We'll take this pretty fair maid, We'll take her by the hand. Ye shall get a duke, my dear, And ye shall get a drake ; And ye shall get a young prince, A young prince for your sake. i And if this young prince chance to die, Ye shall get another; The bells will ring, and the birds will sing, And we'll clap hands together. —Chamber's Popular Rhymes, pp. 137-38. II. A-diss, a-diss, a-green grass, A-diss, a-diss, a-dass; Come, my pretty fair maid, And walk along with us. For you shall have a dik-ma-day, You shall have a dragon; You shall have a nice young man With princes for his thegan (or segan). —Lanarkshire (W. G. Black). III. A dish, a dish, a green grass, A dish, a dish, a dish, Come all you pretty maidens And dance along wi' us.