“Here Stands an Old Maid Forsaken”

Description

Kissing game: "Here stands an old maid forsaken, She's of a contented mind, She's lost her own true lover And wants another as kind; She wants another a kind, sir, I'll have you all to know, She's very well provided for With 45 strings to her bow (x2)."

Supplemental text

Here Stands an Old Maid Forsaken
  Complete text(s)

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From Eloise Hubbard Linscott, Folk Songs of Old New England, pp. 15-16.
Sung by Fred Pullen of North Anson, Maine. A singing game of a very
simple sort; the players form a ring with a single girl at the center;
she chooses a boy; they salute; another girl goes to the center, etc.

Here stands an old maid forsaken,
She's of a contented mind,
She's lost her own true lover
And wants another as kind; She wants another a kind, sir,
I'll have you all to know,
She's very well provided for
With forty-five strings to her bow,
With forty-five strings to her bow.

References

1. Linscott, pp. 15-16, "Here Stands an Old Maid Forksaken" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. ST Lins015 (Full)
3. Roud #8065?
4. BI, Lins015