Volume Ii Part 77 (1/2)
When I was a gentleman, a gentleman, a gentleman, When I was a gentleman, this a-way went I.
When I was a washerwoman, &c.
When I was a schoolgirl, &c.
When I had a baby, &c.
When I was a cobbler, &c.
When I was a s...o...b..ack, &c.
When my husband beat me, &c.
When my baby died, &c.
When my husband died, &c.
When I was a parson, &c.
-Hanbury, Staffs. (Miss Edith Hollis).
V. When I was a lady, a lady, a lady, When I was a lady, a lady was I.
'Twas this way and that way, and this way and that.
When I was a gentleman, a gentleman, a gentleman, When I was a gentleman, a gentleman was I.
'Twas this way and that way, and this way and that.
When I was a schoolgirl, a schoolgirl, a schoolgirl, When I was a schoolgirl, a schoolgirl was I, &c.
When I was a schoolboy, a schoolboy, a schoolboy, &c.
When I was a schoolmaster, a schoolmaster, a schoolmaster, &c.
When I was a schoolmistress, a schoolmistress, a schoolmistress, &c.
When I was a donkey, a donkey, a donkey, &c.
When I was a s...o...b..ack, a s...o...b..ack, a s...o...b..ack, &c.
-Ogbourne, Wilts. (H. S. May).
VI. When I was a naughty girl, a naughty girl, a naughty girl, When I was a naughty girl, a-this a-way went I!
And a-this a-way, and a-that a-way, And a-this a-way, and a-that a-way, And a-this a-way, and a-that a-way, And a-this a-way went I!
When I was a good girl, &c., a-this a-way went I! &c.
When I was a naughty girl, &c.
When I went courting, &c.