Trip trap over the grass

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[A stands with a row of girls (her daughters) behind her; B, a
suitor, advances.]

B. Trip trap over the grass: If you please will you let one of
your [eldest] daughters come,
Come and dance with me?
I will give you pots and pans, I will give you brass,
I will give you anything for a pretty lass.
A. says, "No."
B. I will give you gold and silver, I will give you pearl,
I will give you anything for a pretty girl.
A. Take one, take one, the fairest you may see.
B. The fairest one that I can see
Is pretty Nancy,--come to me.

[B carries one off, and says:]

You shall have a duck, my dear,
And you shall have a drake,
And you shall have a young man
apprentice for your sake.

[Children say:]

If this young man should happen to die,
And leave this poor woman a widow,
The bells shall all ring, and the birds shall all sing,
And we'll all clap hands together.

[So it is repeated until the whole are taken.]

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