There Stands a Lady (Keys)- 1909 (Sur) Gillington
[From Gillington's "Old Surrey Singing Games and Skipping Rope Rhymes," 1909.
R. Matteson 2017]
"There Stands a Lady" (The Keys of Heaven)
There stands a lady on the mountain,
All she wants such a nice young man!
Madam, will you walk it?
Madam, will you talk it?
Madam, will you marry me? [No!]
Not if I buy you a silver spoon,
To feed the baby ev'ry afternoon?
Madam, will you walk it?
Madam, will you talk it?
Madam, will you marry me? [No!]
Not if I buy you a white straw hat,
with three yards of ribbon hanging down your back?
Madam, will you walk it?
Madam, will you talk it?
Madam, will you marry me? [No!]
Not if I buy you a nice arm chair,
To rest and rock the baby there?
Madam, will you walk it?
Madam, will you talk it?
Madam, will you marry me? [No!]
Not if I buy you the Keys of Heaven,
To let yourself in at half-past seven?
Madam, will you walk it?
Madam, will you talk it?
Madam, will you marry me? [Yes! Come along dear!]
Girl pulls one of the others into the ring with her, then runs back to join hands with the rest. This continues till every child has been inside the ring.