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

Silly Old Man

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—Leicester (Miss Ellis).

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—Monton, Lancashire (Miss Dendy).

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Silly old man, he’s all alone,
He wants a wife and can’t get one;
Round and round and choose a good one,
Or else choose none.