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Posted By: and e
01-Feb-25 - 10:42 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Down in the Valley (bawdy)
Subject: RE: Origins: Down in the Valley (bawdy)
The first time I met her, I met her in white All in white, all in white, she gave me such a fright. Chorus Down in the dark alley where nobody goes.
The next time I met her, I met her in pink, All in pink, all in pink, she gave off such a stink.
The next time I met her, I met her in brown, All in brown, all in brown, I pulled her knickers down.
The next time I met her, I met her in green, All in green, all in green, she said the doctor's been.
The next time I me her, I met her in blue, All in blue, all in blue, she said the doctor's due.
The next time I met her, I met her in fawn, All in fawn, all in fawn, she said the baby's born.
The next time I met her, I met her in red All in red, all in red, she said the baby's dead.
The next time I met her, I met her in check, All in check, all in check, I wrung her bloody neck.
THE FIRST TIME: sung by Hazel Dagless, Tina Haynes, Jacqueline Bluck, Sandra Evans, Beverly Barker, Helena Romanowski, and Jennifer Cox (all aged 13) of Birmingham; collected by Roy Palmer, Feb. 1966.
The Folklore of Warwichshire by Roy Palmer. 1976. p.153.