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Choose your loved one, Choose your loved one, Choose your loved one, Farewell!
Go to church, love, Farewell! Say your prayers, love, Farewell! In the ring, love, Farewell!
Shake hands, loves,
Shake hands, loves, Farewell!
Give a kiss, loves,
Give a kiss, loves, Farewell!
—Liphook, Hants (Miss Fowler).
XIII. Last night when we parted
She was nigh broken-hearted, To-morrow we gather And a bright welcome be. Then give me your hand, love, Your hand, love, your hand, love, Then give me your hand, love,
Isabella for me.
Isabella, Isabella,
Isabella for me.
—North Derbyshire (S. O. Addy).
(b) In the Enborne, Newbury, version (Miss Kimber) a ring is formed by the children (boys and girls) joining hands. Another child stands in the centre. The ring of children walk round while singing the verses. The singing is confined to the ring. When the centre child is told to " choose," she selects a boy from the ring, who goes into the centre and they stand together. At the next verse these two children walk out of the ring arm-in-arm. When the next verse is sung they return, and again stand in the centre. At the next verse the boy pretends to put a ring on the girl's finger. They walk out of the ring when told to go to church (two children in the ring unclasping hands to let them walk out, and again clasping hands after they return), and kiss each other and shake hands when the two next verses are sung. |
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