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

—Dorsetshire (Folk-lore Journal, vii. pp. 218-219).

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Oh! when I was a soldier, I did this way, this way.

Oh! when I was a mower, I did this way, this way.

Oh! when I was a hedge cutter, I did this way, this way.

Oh! when I was a boot cleaner, I did this way, this way.

Oh! when I was a teacher, I did this way, this way.

Oh! when I was a governess, I did this way, this way.

Oh! when I had a baby, I did this way, this way.

Oh! when my baby died, I did this way, this way.