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

[And the final verse is—]

We’ll send [Johnny Cope] to fetch them away,
Fetch them away, fetch them away,
We’ll send [Johnny Cope] to fetch them away,
On a cold and frosty morning.

—Newbury, Berks (Mrs. S. Batson).

VI.

Who will go gathering nuts in May,
Nuts in May, nuts in May?
Who will go gathering nuts in May,
At five o’clock in the morning?

—N.-W. Lincolnshire (Rev. —— Roberts).

VII.

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.

Who will you have for your nuts in May,
Nuts in May, nuts in May?
Who will you have for your nuts in May,
On a cold and frosty morning?

We will have a girl for nuts in May,
Nuts in May, nuts in May,
We will have a girl for nuts in May,
On a cold and frosty morning.