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GREEN GRAVEL |
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—Derbyshire (Mrs. Harley).
Green gravel, green gravel, your grass is so green, The fairest young damsel that ever was seen; We washed her, we dried her, we rolled her in silk, And we wrote down her name with a glass pen and ink. Dear Annie, dear Annie, your true love is dead, And we send you a letter to turn round your head.
—Belfast (W. H. Patterson). |
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Green gravel, green gravel, the grass is so green, |
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The fairest young lady that ever was seen ; I'll wash you in milk, And I'll clothe you with silk, • And I'll write down your name with a gold pen and ink. O Sally, O Sally, your true love is dead, He sent you a letter to turn round your head.
—Berrington, Oswestry (Shropshire Folk-lore, p. 510).
III. Around the green gravel the grass is so green, All the pretty fair maids are plain to be seen; |
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