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GREEN GRAVEL |
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O ------, O------, your true love is dead ;
He's sent you a letter to turn round your head.
—Redhill, Surrey (Miss G. Hope) ; Lancashire (Mrs. Harley).
VII. Green meadows, green meadows, your grass is so green, The fairest young damsel that ever was seen;
0 Mary, O Mary, your sweetheart is dead ; We've sent you a letter to turn back your head.
Or, Green gravel, green gravel, the grass is so green, and following on as above.
—Sporle, Norfolk (Miss Matthews).
VIII. Green grover, green grover, your grass is so green, The prettiest young lady that ever was seen.
O------, O------, your true love is dead;
1 send you this letter, so turn round your head.
—Gainford, Durham (Miss Eddleston).
IX. Green gravels, green gravels, The grass is so green, . And all the pretty maidens Are not to be seen,
Except------(said twice),
And she's not [?] to be seen,
So I send you a letter to turn round your head.
—Hampshire (Miss E. Mendham).
X. Green gravels, green gravels, the grass is so green, Fine pencils, fine pencils, as ever were seen.
0 Mary! O Mary! your true love is dead,
And he's sent you a letter to turn round your head.
—Wales (Byegones, 1890).
XL Yellow gravel, yellow gravel, The grass is so green, The fairest young lady That ever was seen.
o —, o-----,
Your true love is dead;
1 send you a letter to turn round your head.
—Cowes, Isle of Wight (Miss E. Smith). |
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