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.

Share page

Visit Us On FB

	GREEN GRAVEL		171
	I.	—Derbyshire (Mrs. Harley). Green gravel, green gravel, your grass is so green, The fairest young damsel that ever was seen; We washed her, we dried her, we rolled her in silk, And we wrote down her name with a glass pen and ink. Dear Annie, dear Annie, your true love is dead, And we send you a letter to turn round your head. —Belfast (W. H. Patterson).
	II.	Green gravel, green gravel, the grass is so green,
	The fairest young lady that ever was seen ; I'll wash you in milk, And I'll clothe you with silk, • And I'll write down your name with a gold pen and ink. O Sally, O Sally, your true love is dead, He sent you a letter to turn round your head. —Berrington, Oswestry (Shropshire Folk-lore, p. 510). III. Around the green gravel the grass is so green, All the pretty fair maids are plain to be seen;
	•