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,56 GREEN GRASS
I will give you gold and silver,
I will give you pearl, I will give you anything
For a pretty girl.
Take one, take one, the fairest you can see.
You shall have a duck, my dear,
You shall have a drake, You shall have a young man
Apprentice for your sake.
If this young man shall wealthy grow
And give his wife a feather, The bells shall ring and birds shall sing
And we'll all clap hands together.
—Roxton, St. Neots (Miss Lumley).
VI. Walking up the green grass, A dust, a dust, a dust! We want a pretty maiden To walk along with us.
We'll take this pretty maiden,
We'll take her by the hand, She shall go to Derby,
And Derby is the land !
She shall have a duck, my dear,
She shall have a drake, She shall have a nice young man
A-fighting for her sake!
Suppose this young man was to die, And leave the poor girl a widow;
The bells would ring and we should sing, And all clap hands together!
—Berrington (Shropshire Folk-lore, p. 511).
VII. Tripping up the green grass, Dusty, dusty, day, Come all ye pretty fair maids, Come and with me play. |
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