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May we come in blue ?
Blue is for sailors, you can't come in blue.
May we come in white ?
White is for weddings, you can't come in white.
May we come in black ?
Black is for funerals, so you can come in that.
—Booking, Essex (Folk-lore Record, iii. 471).
X. I come to see poor Jenny Joe, Jenny Joe, Jenny Joe, I come to see poor Jenny Joe, And how is she now ?
She's washing, she's washing, And you can't see her now.
Very well, ladies, ladies, ladies, Very well, ladies, and gentlemen too.
I come to see poor Jenny Joe, Jenny Joe, Jenny Joe, I come to see poor Jenny Joe, And how is she now ?
She's folding, she's folding, And you can't see her now.
Very well, ladies, ladies, ladies, Very well, ladies, and gentlemen too.
I come to see poor Jenny Joe,
Jenny Joe, Jenny Joe,
I come to see poor Jenny Joe,
And how is she now ?
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She's ironing, she's ironing, And you can't see her now.
Very well, ladies, ladies, ladies, Very well, ladies, and gentlemen too.
[Then follow alternate questions and answers in the same manner for— (1) dying,
(2) dead. |
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