A version of this game called “Gipsies,” varies slightly from those previously printed.
Here comes one gipsy come from Spain,
To call upon your daughter Jane;
Our daughter Jane is far too young,
To be controlled by flattering tongue.
Oh, very well, I must away;
I’ll call again some other day.
Come back, come back,
Your tails are flag,
And choose the fairest one you see.
The gipsy then chooses a girl from the line of players, and asks her to come. The girl asked replies, “No.” Then the gipsy turns round and dances, saying, “Naughty girl, she won’t come out (repeat), to help me in my dancing.” Again the gipsy asks the girl, when she replies, “Yes,” and goes to the gipsy, who says, “Now we have got the flower of May, the flower of May, &c., to help us with our dancing.”—Auchencairn, N. B. (Mary Haddon).
Tug-of-War Game.
Apples and oranges, two for a penny,
Come all ye good scholars, buy ever so many.
Come choose the east, come choose the west,
Come choose the one you love the best.
Played like “[Oranges and Lemons].” One child is “Apple,” and another “Orange.”—Ross-shire (Rev. Dr. Gregor).
Played in the same way is—