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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ADDENDA                                     45 7
When I was a Young Girl. [Vol. ii. pp. 362-374.] The first lines are—
When I was a naughty girl, &c, and this way went I
(shrugging shoulders), When I was a good girl, &c. (folding arms, walking
soberly), When I was a teacher (beating time or whacking,
optional), When I went a-courting (walking arm in arm), When I had a baby (nursing apron as baby), When my baby died (crying), When my father beat me (hitting one another), When my father died,
How I did laugh! (laughing).
—Girton Village, Cambridgeshire (Dr. A. C. Haddon).