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

by Alice Bertha Gomme

Stand and face your lover,
Stand and face your lover;
Stand and face your lover,
As you have done before.

Now they go off courting,
Now they go off courting;
Now they go off courting,
As they have done before.

Chase her back to Scotland,
Chase her back to Scotland;
Chase her back to Scotland,
As you have done before.

—Penzance, Cornwall (Mrs. Mabbott).

IX.

Round about the village,
Round about the village;
Round about the village,
As you have done before.

In and out of the windows,
In and out of the windows;
In and out of the windows,
As you have done before.

I stand before my lover,
I stand before my lover;
I stand before my lover,
As I have done before.

Follow me to London,
Follow me to London;
Follow me to London,
As you have done before.

Dance away to Fairyland,
Dance away to Fairyland;
Dance away to Fairyland,
As we have done before.