Here comes two dukes a-roving,
With a high-o-ransom-day.
Skip to My Lou, ii: A rhythmical, rimeless chant made up of the dance "calls," beginning:
Steal your partner, skip to my lou,
Skip to my lou, my darling.
Fol Dol Sol, 4a3b4c3b, 2ca: One quatrain is:
If you love me as I love you,
We have not long to tarry;
We'll keep the old folks fixing up
For you and me to marry.
Green Grows the Willow, 4aaaa, 4ca: One quatrain is:
Green grow the rashes O,
Green grow the rashes O,
Kiss her quick and let her go,
For yonder comes her mammy O.
The Jolly Miller, iii, metre as follows, 2:
Jolly is the miller that lives by the mill,
The wheel goes round with a right good will,
One hand in the hopper and the other in the sack—
The boys step forward and the girls step back.