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JOLLY HOOPER 287
They were two jolly fishermen, And just come from the sea, And just come from the sea. They cast their nets into the sea, And jolly fish caught we, And jolly fish caught we, And jolly fish caught we, They cast their nets into the sea, And jolly fish caught we.
—Tean and Cheadle, North Staffs. (Miss Burne).
II. There was three jolly fishermen, And they all put out to sea. They cast their nets into the sea,
And the [three ?] jolly fish caught we.
—North Staffs. Potteries (Mrs. Thomas Lawton).
(b) A circle is formed by joining hands, and two children stand in the centre. They walk round. At the seventh line the two in the centre each choose one child from the ring, thus making four in the centre. They then sing the remaining four lines. The two who were first in the centre then go out, and the game begins again, with the other two players in the centre.
(c) Miss Burne says this game is more often played as "Three Jolly Fishermen." At Cheadle, North Staffs., a few miles distant from Tean, this game is played by grown-up men and women.
Jolly Hooper
I. Here comes a [or one] jolly hooper, Ring ding di do do, Ring ding di do do.
And who are you looking for, In a ring ding di do do, In a ring ding di do do ?
I am looking for one of your daughters, In a ring ding di do do, In a ring ding di do do. |
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