Don't You Go A- Rushing- Helmore (Devon) 1888 Baring-Gould A
[Collected by Baring-Gould, lsited as his version A in 1888.]
Don't You Go A- Rushing- James Helmore (Devon) 1888 Baring-Gould A
Don't you go a-rushing, maids in May,
Don't you go a-rushing, maids I pray,
Don't you go a-rushing, or you'll get a brushing,
So gather up your rushes and go away.
I'll give you a chicken, that has no bone,
I'll give you a cherry, that has no stone,
I'll give you a ring, that has not got a rim,
I'll give you an oak, that has no limb.
How can there be a chicken, that has no bone?
How can there be a cherry, that has no stone?
How can there be a ring, that has not got a rim?
How can there be an oak, that has no limb?
When a chicken's in the egg, it has no bone,
When the cherry is in bloom, it has no stone,
When a melting is the ring, it has not got a rim,
When an oak is in the acorn, it has no limb.