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Wash them in milk, and clothe them in silk, Write their names down with a gold pen and ink. All but Miss "Jenny," her sweetheart is dead; She's left off her wedding to turn back her head.
O mother, O mother, do you think it is true ? O yes, child ! O yes, child ! Then what shall I do ?
We'll wash you in milk, and dress you in silk, And write down your name with a gold pen and ink. —Derbyshire and Worcestershire (Mrs. Harley).
IV. Green gravel, green gravel, The grass is so green, Such beautiful flowers As never were seen. O Annie [or any name], O Annie, Your sweetheart is dead ! He has sent you a letter To turn back your head.
—Earls Heaton, Yorkshire (H. Hardy),
V. Green gravel, green gravel, The grass is so green, The fairest young damsels As ever were seen.
O------, O------, your true love is dead;
He sent you a letter
To turn round your head.
Green gravel, green gravel,
The grass is so green,
The dismalest damsels
As ever were seen.
O------, O------, your true love's not dead ;
He sends you a letter
To turn back your head.
—Lincoln, Winterton, and Wakefield
(Miss Fowler and Miss Peacock).
VI. Green gravel, green gravel, the grass is so green,
The fairest young lady [damsel] that ever was seen. |
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