Pray get up and choose one, and choose one, and choose one,
Pray get up and choose one, close by the sea-side.
—Winterton and Lincoln (Miss M. Peacock).
Poor Mary sits a-weeping, a-weeping,
Poor Mary sits a-weeping, on a bright summer’s day.
She is weeping for her lover, her lover,
She is weeping for her lover on a bright summer’s day.
Stand up and choose your lover, your lover,
Stand up and choose your lover, on a bright summer’s day.
And now she’s got a lover, a lover,
And now she’s got a lover, on a bright summer’s day.
—Hanbury, Staffs. (Miss E. Hollis).
Oh, what is Nellie weeping for,
A-weeping for, a-weeping for?
Oh, what is Nellie weeping for,
On a cold and sunshine day?