Nuts in May
The players stand in two rows, facing each other and holding hands. A line is drawn on the carpet (or ground) between them. One row then step toward the other, singing—
Here we come gathering nuts in May, nuts in May, nuts in May,
Here we come gathering nuts in May, on a cold and frosty morning.
They then fall back and the other row advance to them singing in reply—
Pray, who will you gather for nuts in May, nuts in May, nuts in May?
Pray, who will you gather for nuts in May, on a cold and frosty morning?
The first row, after settling on the particular player on the opposite side that they want, reply thus—
We'll gather Phyllis for nuts in May, nuts in May, nuts in May,
We'll gather Phyllis for nuts in May, on a cold and frosty morning.
The other row then ask—
Pray, who will you send to fetch her away, fetch her away, fetch her away?
Pray, who will you send to fetch her away, on a cold and frosty morning?
The answer perhaps is—