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276 JENNY JONES |
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Blue is for sailors, for sailors, Blue is for sailors,
And that won't do.
[or, You can't follow her so.]
[Then follow—Red is for soldiers,
White is for weddings, Yellow is for babies.]
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Black is not deep enough, deep enough, That won't do.
What shall we follow in, follow in ?
We'll follow her in crape, crape [pronounced cray-ape\
You may follow her in crape, crape, You may follow her in crape,
That will do. —Deptford (Miss E. Chase).
XVI. I've come to see Georgina, Georgina, Georgina, I've come to see Georgina, how's she to-day ?
She's upstairs washing, washing, washing, She's upstairs washing, and can't get away.
O very well, ladies, ladies, ladies, We'll come another day.
We've come to see Georgina, Georgina, Georgina, We've come to see Georgina, how's she to-day ?
She's upstairs ironing, ironing, ironing, She's upstairs ironing, and can't get away.
[Then the two verses are repeated—
O very well, ladies.
We've come to see Georgina. Then follows—]
She was coming downstairs with a basin of water, and she fell down and broke her toe, and she's dead.
And what shall we dress her in, dress her in, dress
her in ? And what shall we dress her in ? Dress her in red. |
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