So through the kitchen and through the hall,
I choose the fairest of them all,
The fairest one that I can see
Is ——, so come to me.
—Derbyshire (Mrs. Harley).
(b) A long row of children walk to and fro. One child, facing them on the opposite side, represents the Rover. He sings the first, third, and fifth verses. The row of children sing the second and fourth in response. After the fifth verse is sung the Rover skips round the long row, singing the sixth verse to the tune of “Nancy Dawson,” or “[Round the Mulberry bush].” He chooses one of them, who goes to the opposite side with him, and the game goes on until all are rovers like himself.
See “[Here comes a Lusty Wooer],” “[Jolly Hooper].”
Jolly Sailors
I.
Here comes one [some] jolly, jolly sailor boy,
Who lately came on shore;
He [they] spent his time in drinking wine
As we have done before.
We are the Pam-a-ram-a-ram,
We are the Pam-a-ram-a-ram,
And those who want a pretty, pretty girl,
Must kiss her on the shore,
Must kiss her on the shore.
—Warwick (from a little girl, through Mr. C. C. Bell).
II.