The Traditional Children's Games of England Scotland
& Ireland
In Dictionary Form - Volume 2
With Tunes(sheet music), Singing-rhymes(lyrics), Methods Of Playing with diagrams and illustrations.
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UP THE STREETS |
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—Liverpool (C. C. Bell). |
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Up the streets and down the streets, |
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The windows made of glass ;
Is not [naming one of the children] a nice
young lass ? She can dance, she can sing, She can show her wedding-ring. Fie, for shame ! fie, for shame ! Turn your back behind you.
—Liverpool (C. C. Bell).
II. Up streets, down streets, Windows made of glass;
Isn't " Jenny Jenkins " a handsome young lass ? Isn't " Johnny Johnson " as handsome as she ? They shall be married, When they can agree.
—Monton, Lancashire, Collyhurst, Manchester
(Miss Dendy).
III. Up street and down street, Each window's made of glass; If you go to Tommy Tickler's house You'll find a pretty lass.
—Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes, cccclxxx.
(b) In the Liverpool version the children stand in a ring and sing the words. At " Fie, for shame," the child named ceases to sing, and the others address her particularly. When the |
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