 | Alice Bertha Gomme - 1894 - 472 str.
...his breast he wore a star — Find your way to English schools. Down on the carpet you must kneel ; As the grass grows in the field, Salute your bride and kiss her sweet, And rise again upon your feet. Then followed the game-rhyme, repeated with each stanza — Go choose... | |
 | William Alpha Paxson - 1901 - 422 str.
...you love best. If they're not there, go take your part, And choose another with all your heart." " Down on this carpet you must kneel, Sure as the grass...kiss her sweet. Now you may rise upon your feet." At the proper place in the song the one who was inside the ring would choose, from those who were marching... | |
 | Annie Steger Winston - 1903 - 188 str.
...Choose the east and choose the west, Choose the one that you love best. " Upon this carpet you shall kneel, Sure as the grass grows in the field. — Salute your bride and kiss her sweet, And rise again upon your feet." This hypothesis, at any rate, supplies a sort of link between the verses,... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Society - 1906 - 626 str.
...girl that you love best. If she is not here to take a part, t!o choose another with all your heart. Down on this carpet you must kneel Sure as the grass...in the field, Salute your bride and kiss her sweet, And then arise upon your feet. O, Sister Phoebe how merry were we That night we sat under the .Juniper... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois State Historical Society - 1906 - 568 str.
...girl that you love best. If she is not here to take a part, Go choose another with all your heart. Down on this carpet you must kneel Sure as the grass...in the field, Salute your bride and kiss her sweet, And then arise upon your feet. O, Sister Phoebe how merry were we That night we sat under the Juniper... | |
 | George Ade - 1911 - 112 str.
...to take your part, Choose another with all your heart. Down on this carpet you must kneel As sure's the grass grows in the field, Salute your bride and kiss her sweet, And then you rise upon your feet. Oft' I recall the girl I loved, In the days of long ago; Muscular... | |
 | Alfred Griffith Field - 1912 - 560 str.
...of the circle which again revolved and the song continued: "Down on this carpet you must kneel, Just as the grass grows in the field; Salute your bride and kiss her sweet, And you may rise unto your feet." When the bashful young man received a thumping thwack from the girl... | |
 | Leah Jackson Wolford - 1915 - 348 str.
...her part, Choose another with all your heart. # I¿ook to the east, eta. is more OO!VflOfl. - 7'-, 2. Down on this carpet you must kneel, Sure as the grass...in the field, Salute your bride and kiss her sweet, # Hoe you may rise upon your feet. Miss Ruth Brookl b. All excepting one boy join hands and form a... | |
 | Indiana Historical Commission - 1916 - 136 str.
...the one that you love best, If she's not there to take her part, Choose another with all your heart. Down on this carpet you must kneel, Sure as the grass...kiss her sweet." Now you may rise upon your feet. 1). All, excepting one boy, join hands and form a circle. The boy in the center representing King William... | |
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Down on this carpet you must kneel Sure as the grass grows in the field, Salute your bride and kiss her sweet, And then arise upon your feet. 
