HERE WE MARCH ALL AROUND IN A RING

Here we march all around in a ring,
One will choose while others sing,
Choose the one that you love best,
And I'm sure you will please the rest.

Geeminny jinkins, what a choice you've made!
Better in your grave be laid!
Kiss her slow and let her know
How you come to love her so.

Emrich, Duncan, American Folk Poetry - An Anthology, "Play-Party, Courting, and Kissing Games and Songs," Little Brown & Co., 1974, p 31. "Here We March All Around in a Ring" was collected by the Federal Music Project, Works Progress Administration (WPA), Boyd County, Kentucky, ca, 1937, Jean Thomas, Supervisor for Boyd County, Ms., with music, in the Archive of Folk Song, Library of Congress.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle