Traditional
I
Stepping up the green grass
Thus and thus and thus;
Will you let one of your fair maids
Come and play with us.
We will give you pots and pans,
We will give you brass;
We will give you anything
For a pretty lass.
We won't take your pots and pans,
We won't take your brass,
We won't take your "anything
For a pretty lass."
We will give you gold and silver,
We will give you pearl;
We will give you anything
For a pretty girl.
Come, my dearest Mary,
Come and play with us;
You shall have a young man
Born for your sake.
And the bells shall ring,
And the cats shall sing,
And we'll all clap hands together.