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

—Monton, Lancashire (Miss Dendy); London (A. B. Gomme).

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—Earls Heaton, Yorks. (H. Hardy).

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Mary’s gone a-milking,
Mother, mother,
Mary’s gone a-milking,
Gentle sweet mother o’ mine.

Take your pails and go after her,
Daughter, daughter,
Take your pails and go after her,
Gentle sweet daughter o’ mine.

Buy me a pair of new milking pails,
Mother, mother,
Buy me a pair of new milking pails,
Gentle sweet mother o’ mine.

Where’s the money to come from,
Daughter, daughter,
Where’s the money to come from,
Gentle sweet daughter o’ mine?