There She Stands, a Lovely Creature- Newell (NY) 1883
[Fragment from W.W. Newell's Games and songs of American children, 1883. Newell's notes follow.
R. Matteson 2017]
This pretty song has been recited to us by informants of the most cultivated class, and, on the other hand, we have seen it played as a round by the very "Arabs of the street," in words identically the same. It is an old English song, which has been fitted for a ring-game by the composition of an additional verse, to allow the selection of a partner.
"There She Stands, a Lovely Creature" from New York children published in "Games and songs of American children," collected and compared by W.W. Newell, 1883.
There she stands, a lovely creature,
Who she is, I do not know;
I have caught her for her beauty,
Let her answer, yes or no.
Madam, I have gold and silver,
Lady I have house and land,
Lady, I have ships on the ocean,
All I have is at your command.
"What care I for your gold and silver,
What care I for your houses and lands,
What care I for your ships on the ocean—
All I want is a nice young man."