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2o6 HERE'S A SOLDIER |
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Here's a Soldier
Here's a soldier left his lone \qy. alone], Wants a wife and can't get none.
Merrily go round and choose your own, Choose a good one or else choose none; Choose the worst or choose the best, Or choose the very one you like best.
What's your will, my dilcy dulcy officer ? What's your will, my dilcy dulcy dee ?
My will is to marry, my dilcy dulcy officer; My will is to marry, my dilcy dulcy dee.
Come marry one of us, my dilcy dulcy officer; Come marry one of us, my dilcy dulcy dee.
You're all too old and ugly, my dilcy dulcy officer; You're all too old and ugly, my dilcy dulcy dee.
Thrice too good for you, sir, my dilcy dulcy officer; Thrice too good for you, sir, my dilcy dulcy dee.
This couple got married, we wish them good joy, Every year a girl and a boy, And if that does not do, a hundred and two, We hope the couple will kiss together.
—Annaverna, co. Louth (Miss R. Stephen).
(b) One child stands in the middle, the others dance round singing. The one in the middle chooses another before the four last lines are sung. Then the rest dance round singing these lines, and kiss each other.
(c) It is evident that these words comprise two distinct games, which have become mixed in some inexplicable fashion. The first six lines and the last four are one game, a ring form, with the marriage formula and blessing. The other portion of the game is a dialogue game, evidently having had two lines of players, questions being asked and answers given. It is, in fact, a part of the " Three Dukes " game. The first part is a kiss-in-the-ring game, a version of " Here stands a Young Man," " Silly Old Man," and " Sally Water." |
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