The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2) / With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.

by Alice Bertha Gomme

—Ordsall, Nottinghamshire (Miss Matthews).

VIII.

Here we go lubin loo,
Here we go lubin li,
Here we go lubin loo,
Upon a Christmas night.

—Epworth, Doncaster (C. C. Bell).

IX.

Here we go looby loo,
Here we go looby li,
Here we go looby loo,
All on a New-Year’s night.

—Nottingham (Miss Winfield).

X.

Here we come looby, looby,
Here we come looby light,
Here we come looby, looby,
All on a Saturday night.

—Belfast (W. H. Patterson).