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

—Barnes (A. B. Gomme).

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Poor Mary sits a-weepin’,
A-weepin’, a-weepin’;
Poor Mary sits a-weepin’
On a bright summer’s day.

Pray, Mary, what’re you weepin’ for,
A-weepin’ for, a-weepin’ for?
Pray, Mary, what’re you weepin’ for?
On a bright summer’s day.

I’m weepin’ for a sweetheart,
A sweetheart, a sweetheart;
I’m weepin’ for a sweetheart,
On a bright summer’s day.

Pray, Mary, choose your lover,
Your lover, your lover;
Pray, Mary, choose your lover
On a bright summer’s day.

Now you’re married, I wish you joy;
First a girl, and then a boy;
Seven years after, son and daughter;
Pray, young couple, come kiss together.

Kiss her once, kiss her twice,
Kiss her three times over.

—Barnes, Surrey (A. B. Gomme).