Stand and face your lover, Stand and face your lover; Stand and face your lover, As we have done before.
Follow her to London, Follow her to London; Follow her to London, As we have done before.
Kiss her before you leave her, Kiss her before you leave her; Kiss her before you leave her, As we have done before.
--Barnes, Surrey (taken down from children of village school--A. B. Gomme).
II. Round and round the village, Round and round the village; Round and round the village, As you have done before.
In and out the window, In and out the window; In and out the window, As you have done before.
Stand and face your lover, Stand and face your lover; Stand and face your lover, As you have done before.
III. Round and round the village, In and out of the window; Stand and face your lover, As you have done before.
Stand and face your lover, Stand and face your lover; Oh, stand and face your lover, As you have done before.
Follow me to London, Follow me to London; Oh, follow me to London, As you have done before.
IV. Round and round the village, In and out of the window; Stand and face your lover, As you have done before; Oh, stand and face your lover, As you have done before, O.
Follow me to London, Follow me to London; Follow me to London, As you have done before.
--Winterton and Bottesford, Lincolnshire (Miss M. Peacock).
V. Round and round the village, Round and round the village; Round and round the village, As you have done before.
In and out the windows, In and out the windows; In and out the windows, As you have done before.
Stand and face your lover, Stand and face your lover; Stand and face your lover, As you have done before.
Shake hands with your lover, Shake hands with your lover; Shake hands with your lover, As you have done before.
--From girls of Clapham High School (Miss F. D. Richardson).
VI. Out and in the villages, Out and in the villages; Out and in the villages, As you have done before. Out and in the windows, Out and in the windows; Out and in the windows, As you have done before. Stand before your lover, Stand before your lover; Stand before your lover, As you have done before.
VII. Go round and round the village, Go round and round the village, As we have done before.