 | John Hutchinson (of Chapel-en-le-Frith.) - 1809 - 168 sidor
...then dance back to back, I'ltuin, nnlillcdian, $c. Tims after an hour they tript to a bower, To play for ale and cakes, And kisses too, until they were due, The, maidens held the stakes ; The women then began •To quarrel with the men» *. „•• And bad them... | |
 | 1861 - 304 sidor
...went to a bow'r, And play'd for ale and eakes; And kisses too,—until they were due The lasses held the stakes. The girls did then begin To quarrel with the men, And bade them take their kisses baek, And give them their own again. Now there they did stay the whole... | |
 | 1863 - 302 sidor
...kindness, kindness, kindness, Gave 'em as many more. Then, after an hour, they went to a bow'r, And play'd for ale and cakes ; And kisses too — until they were due The lasses held the stakes. The girls then did begin To quarrel with the men, And bade them take their kisses... | |
 | English ballads - 1864 - 306 sidor
...kindness, kindness, kindness, Gave 'em as many more. Then, after an hour, they went to a bow'r, And play'd for ale and cakes ; And kisses too — until they were due The lasses held the stakes. The girls then did begin To quarrel with the men, And bade them take their kisses... | |
 | Derby county - 1867 - 334 sidor
...And then dance back to back. Ritum raddledum, &c. Thus after an hour they tript to a bower To play for ale and cakes, And kisses too — until they were due, The maidens held the stakes ; The women then began To quarrel with the men, And bad them take their kisses... | |
 | 1867 - 530 sidor
...kindness, kindness, kindness, Gave 'em as many more. Then, after an hour, they went to a bower, And play'd for ale and cakes ; And kisses too,— until they were due The girls did then begin To quarrel with the men, And bade them take their kisses back, And give them their... | |
 | Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt - 1867 - 334 sidor
...And then dance back to back. Ritum raddledum, &c. Thus after an hour they tript to a bower To play for ale and cakes, And kisses too — until they were due, The maidens held the stakes ; The women then began To quarrel with the men, And bad them take their kisses... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1869 - 350 sidor
...is an obvious one ; familiar in a dozen places, of which one is the well-known May-pole song : — ' Then after an hour, they went to a bower, And played...their kisses back, And give them their own again.' A lover sues a lady for pricking him with a pin while she was kissing him — which was certainly a... | |
 | W. H. Logan - 1869 - 520 sidor
...gave 'em, gave 'em, gave 'em as many more.f 6. Then after an hour They went to a bow'r, And play'd for ale and cakes, And kisses too, Until they were...girls did then begin to quarrel with the men, And bid them take their kisses back, and give 'em their own again. 7. Yet there they sat Until it was late,... | |
 | William Black - 1872 - 328 sidor
...Packington's Pound " and " Bellinger's Bound." But our Bell, with no thought of harm, went merrily on — " Then after an hour They went to a bower, And played...And kisses too — Until they were due The lasses held the stakes. The girls did then begin To quarrel with the men, And bid them take their kisses back... | |
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For that's a Maiden's fee!" But they, instead of three, did give them half a score; And they, in kindness, gave them, gave them, gave them as many more. Then after an hour They went to a bower, And played for Ale and Cakes ; And kisses too ! Until they... 
