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426 NUTS IN MAY |
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IV. Here we come gathering nuts in May, Nuts in May, nuts in May, Here we come gathering nuts in May, On a cold and frosty morning.
Where do you gather your nuts in May ? On Galloway Hill we gather our nuts. Who will you gather for nuts in May ?
We'll gather------for nuts in May.
Who will you send to fetch her away ?
We'll send------to fetch her away.
—Bocking, Essex (Folk-lore Record, iii. 169).
V. Here we go gathering nuts away, Nuts away, nuts away, Here we go gathering nuts away, On a cold and frosty morning.
[Then follow verses beginning—]
Whose nuts shall we gather away ? We'll gather [Minnie Brown's] nuts away. Whom shall we send to fetch them away ?
[And the final verse is—]
We'll send [Johnny Cope] to fetch them away, Fetch them away, fetch them away, We'll send [Johnny Cope] to fetch them away, On a cold and frosty morning.
—Newbury, Berks (Mrs. S. Batson).
VI. Who will go gathering nuts in May, Nuts in May, nuts in May ? Who will go gathering nuts in May, At five o'clock in the morning ?
—N.-W. Lincolnshire (Rev. — Roberts).
VII. Here we come gathering nuts in May, Nuts in May, nuts in May, Here we come gathering nuts in May, On a cold and frosty morning. |
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