 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 372 str.
...of young girls stand in a row, from which two retire, and again approach hand in hand, singing — A dis, a dis, a green grass, A dis, a dis, a dis ;...this pretty fair maid, We'll take her by the hand. They select a girl from the group, and take her by the hand, singing to her — Ye shall get a duke,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1869 - 420 str.
...number of young girls stand in a row, from which two retire, and again approach hand in hand, singing : A dis, a dis, a green grass, A dis, a dis, a dis ;...us. For we are going a-roving, A-roving in this land ; We '11 take this pretty fair maid, We '11 take her by the hand. They select a girl from the group,... | |
 | Alice Bertha Gomme - 1894 - 472 str.
...— Congleton (Miss AE Twemlow). I. A dis, a dis, a green grass, A dis, a dis, a dis ; Come all you pretty fair maids And dance along with us. For we are going roving, A roving in this land ; We'll take this pretty fair maid, We'll take her by the hand. Ye shall... | |
 | Edward Williams Byron Nicholson - 1897 - 396 str.
...this and A dis, a dis, a green grass (Chambers, p. 139). The latter contains the following lines : — Come all ye pretty, fair maids, And dance along with...this pretty fair maid, We'll take her by the hand. The rime goes on Ye shall get a duke my dear, And ye shall get a drake ; — the point of which is... | |
 | Edward Williams Byron Nicholson - 1897 - 396 str.
...this and A dis, a dis, a green grass (Chambers, p. 139). The latter contains the following lines : — Come all ye pretty, fair maids, And dance along with...this pretty fair maid, We'll take her by the hand. The rime goes on Ye shall get a duke my dear, And ye shall get a drake ; — the point of which is... | |
 | Robert Ford - 1904 - 310 str.
...have been "hit out " face up together hand-in-hand in front, and, advancing and retiring, sing : — A dis, a dis, a green grass, A dis, a dis, a dis ; Come all ye pretty fair maids, For we are going a-roving, A-roving o'er the land ; We'll take this pretty fair maid, We'll take her... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1914 - 612 str.
...church shall sing, And we'll all clap hands together. So a-doaving, a-doaving, A-doaving by the hand, We'll take this pretty fair maid, We'll take her by the hand. Counting out Rhymes. Eetam, peetam, penny pie, Pap-a-lorrie, jinky-jye, Stan' ye oot-bye For the bonnie... | |
 | 1923 - 748 str.
...heaven, adieu, Since she, alas! hath left me, Falero, lero loo. . . . GEORGE WITHER 215 GREEN GRASS A dis, a dis, a green grass, A dis, a dis, a dis; Come all you pretty fair maids And dance along with us. For we are going roving, A roving in this land ; We... | |
 | W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 str.
...part, Till all my days are done, my dear, Till all my days are done !' ANON. 199 Green Grass '/<$", a dis, a green grass, A dis, a dis, a dis; Come all you pretty fair maids And dance along with us. For we are going roving, A roving in this land ; We... | |
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A dis, a dis, a green grass, A dis, a dis, a dis ; Come all ye pretty fair maids, And dance along with us. For we are going a-roving, A-roving in this land ; We'll take this pretty fair maid, We'll take her by the hand. 