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MARY BROWN 367
V. Here we all stand round the ring, And now we shut poor Mary in ; Rise up, rise up, poor Mary Brown, And see your poor mother go through the town.
[Then follow verses the same as in the Barnes version, No. 1, and then—]
Rise up, rise up, poor Mary Brown,
To see the poor beggars go through the town.
I will not stand up upon my feet
To see the poor beggars go through the street.
[Two other verses are sometimes added, introducing gentleman and ladies. All versions, however, conclude with the girl saying—]
Rise up, rise up, poor Mary Brown,
And see your poor sweetheart go through the town.
I will get up upon my feet,
To see my sweetheart go through the street.
— Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes, p. 218.
(b) The children form a ring, one child laying or kneeling down in the centre. The ring sing the first, third, fifth, and alternate verses; the girl in the middle answers with the second, fourth, and so on alternately. At the last verse the girl jumps up and breaks through the ring by force; another girl takes her place in the ring, and the game begins again. The Sussex version of " Mary Brown " (Chas. Wise) is played by the children standing in line and advancing and retiring towards the lying or kneeling child. The Barnes version of " Rise, Daughter " is also played in this way. The " daughter " lays down, and at the end of the game joins the line, and another lays down. In the Hurstmonceux version, when the last verse is sung, the girl in the middle rises and picks a boy out of the ring; he goes in the middle with her, and they kiss. The version given by Halliwell is played in the same way as the Barnes version.
(c) Halliwell (Game Rhymes, p. 219) gives a version of a |
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