Volume Ii Part 76 (1/2)

The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland Alice Bertha Gomme 19970K 2022-07-22

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I. When I was a young girl, a young girl, a young girl, When I was a young girl, how happy was I.

This way and that way, and this way and that way, And this way and that way, and this way went I.

When I had a sweetheart, a sweetheart, a sweetheart, When I had a sweetheart, how happy was I.

This way and that way, and this way and that way, And this way and that way, and this way went I.

When I got married, got married, got married, When I got married, how happy was I.

This way and that way, and this way and that way, And this way and that way, and this way went I.

When I had a baby, a baby, a baby, When I had a baby, how happy was I.

This way and that way, and this way and that way, And this way and that way, and this way went I.

When my baby died, died, died, When my baby died, how sorry was I.

This way and that way, and this way and that way, And this way and that way, and this way went I.

When my husband died, died, died, When my husband died, how sorry was I.

This way and that way, and this way and that way, And this way and that way, and this way went I.

When I kept a donkey, a donkey, a donkey, When I kept a donkey, how happy was I.

This way and that way, and this way and that way, And this way and that way, and this way went I.

When I was a washerwoman, a washerwoman, a washerwoman, When I was a washerwoman, how happy was I.

This way and that way, and this way and that way, And this way and that way, and this way went I.

When I was a beggar, a beggar, a beggar, When I was a beggar, how happy was I.

This way and that way, and this way and that way, And this way and that way, and this way went I.

-Platt School, near Wrotham, Kent (Miss Burne).

II. When I was a young girl, a young girl, a young girl, When I was I young girl, how happy was I.

And this way and that way, and this way and that way, and this way and that way, and this way went I.

When I was a school-girl, a school-girl, a school-girl, When I was a school-girl, oh, this way went I.

And this way and that way, and this way and that way, and this way and that way, and this way went I.

When I was a teacher, a teacher, a teacher, When I was a teacher, oh, this way went I.

And this way and that way, and this way and that way, and this way and that way, and this way went I.

When I had a sweetheart, a sweetheart, a sweetheart, When I had a sweetheart, oh, this way went I.

And this way and that way, and this way and that way, and this way and that way, and this way went I.

When I had a husband, a husband, a husband, When I had a husband, oh! this way went I.

And this way and that way, and this way and that way, and this way and that way, and this way went I.

When I had a baby, a baby, a baby, When I had a baby, how happy was I.

And this way and that way, and this way and that way, and this way and that way, and this way went I.

When my baby died, oh, died, oh, died, When my baby died, how sorry was I.

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