When I was a washerwoman, &c.
When I was a soldier, &c.
When I was a sailor, &c.
—Frodingham and Nottinghamshire (Miss M. Peacock).
When I was a school girl, a school girl, a school girl,
When I was a school girl, a this way went I.
When I was a teacher, a teacher, a teacher,
When I was a teacher, a this way went I.
[Verses follow for courtin’—
married woman,
having a baby,
death of baby.]
—Earls Heaton (H. Hardy).