:
Skate around the ocean,
In a long summer day.
A-MOANING AND GROANING, ii: In general form and function like the above,
beginning:
A-moaning and groaning,
And that shall be the cry.
MARCHING ROUND THE LEVY [LADY?]: In general form and function like the
above, beginning:
We're marching round the levy,
For we have gained the day.
GOING TO BOSTON: In general form and function like the above, beginning:
Now we'll promenade, one, two, three,
So early in the morning.
HERE COME TWO DUKES A-ROVING, ii: A rhythmical, rimeless improvisation
for the men and women of the dance, alternately--beginning:
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.
SISTER PHOEBE, 4aab, 2: It begins:
Old sister Phoebe, how happy were we
The night we sat under the juniper tree,
The juniper tree, heigh ho, heigh ho.
NEEDLE'S EYE, as follows:
Needle's eye that doth supply
The thread that runs so true;
Many a beau have I let go
Because I wanted you.
GREEN GRAVEL, 4aabb, 4ca: It begins:
Green gravel, green gravel, the grass is so green;
You're the prettiest maiden that ever was seen.
[OLD QUEBEC], ii, 4a3b4c3b, 3ca: It begins:
We're marching down to Old Quebec,
Where the fifes and drums are beating;
America has gained the day
And the British are retreating.
[SISTER FRANKIE], 3abcb and 3abcb, 3: The refrain is:
Twice one is two
And one and two is three;
Dance around the maypole
Just like me.
BUFFALO, ii, 4a3b4c3b, 2: It begins:
Come along, my dearest
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