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

—Belfast (W. H. Patterson).

IV.

Here we come gathering nuts in May,
Nuts in May, nuts in May,
Here we come gathering nuts in May,
On a cold and frosty morning.

Where do you gather your nuts in May?
On Galloway Hill we gather our nuts.
Who will you gather for nuts in May?
We’ll gather —— for nuts in May.
Who will you send to fetch her away?
We’ll send —— to fetch her away.

—Bocking, Essex (Folk-lore Record, iii. 169).

V.

Here we go gathering nuts away,
Nuts away, nuts away,
Here we go gathering nuts away,
On a cold and frosty morning.

[Then follow verses beginning—]

Whose nuts shall we gather away?
We’ll gather [Minnie Brown’s] nuts away.
Whom shall we send to fetch them away?