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My elbow, my elbow, My pitcher and my can ;
Isn't------
A nice young gell ?
Isn't ------
As nice as her—
They shall be married with a guinea-gold ring.
I peep'd through the window, I peep'd through the door,
I seed pretty------
A-dancin on the floor;
I cuddled her an' fo'dled her,
I set her on my knee ;
I says pretty------
Won't [ee ?] you marry me.
A new-swept parlour, An' a new-made bed, A new cup and saucer Again we get wed. If it be a boy, he shall have a hat, To follow with his mammy to her na', na', na'; If he be a gell, she shall have a ring, To follow with her mammy to her ding, ding, ding.
—Wakefield (Miss Fowler).
(c) The more general way of playing this game is to form a ring of children simply. The children walk round singing the verse as in the Belfast version, and when the last line is sung, the child whose name is mentioned turns round, facing the outside of the ring and having her back to the centre. She continues to hold hands with the others, and dances round with them in that position. This is repeated until all the children have " turned " their backs to the inside of the ring. Here the game ends in many cases, but another verse is sung in the Lincoln, Win-terton, and Wakefield versions from Miss Peacock, and this was sung also in the London version. The second verse thus terminates the game, with the players one by one reversing their position and facing the centre of ring as at first. In the |
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