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

When my baby died, &c.

When my husband died, &c.

When I was a parson, &c.

—Hanbury, Staffs. (Miss Edith Hollis).

V.

When I was a lady, a lady, a lady,
When I was a lady, a lady was I.
’Twas this way and that way, and this way and that.

When I was a gentleman, a gentleman, a gentleman,
When I was a gentleman, a gentleman was I.
’Twas this way and that way, and this way and that.

When I was a schoolgirl, a schoolgirl, a schoolgirl,
When I was a schoolgirl, a schoolgirl was I, &c.

When I was a schoolboy, a schoolboy, a schoolboy, &c.