—Enborne, Berks; Marlborough, Wilts; Lewes, Sussex (Miss Kimber).

IX.

Sally, Sally Waters,
Sprinkle in a pan;
Cry, Sally, cry, Sally,
For a young man.
Come choose the worst,
Come choose the best,
Come choose the young man
That you like the best.

And now you’re married
I wish yer good joy,
Every year a girl and a boy.
Come love one another
Like sister and brother,
And kiss together for joy.

Clash the bells,
Clash the bells.

—Maxey, Northants; and Suffolk (Rev. W. D. Sweeting).

X.

Sally, Sally Water, sprinkle in the pan;
Rise, Sally, rise, Sally, for a young man.
Pick and choose, but choose not me,
Choose the fairest you can see.

Now Sally is married, we wish her much joy,
First a girl and then a boy;
Seven years after a son and a daughter,
Please to come and kiss together.

—Summertown, Oxford (A. H. Franklin in Midland Garner, N. S. ii. 32).