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Child 155
Sir Hugh, or the Jew's Daughter
Version P

Halliwell, Ballads and Poems respecting Hugh of Lincoln, p. 37, Halliwell's Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales, p. 192, ed. 1849: communicated by Miss Agnes Strickland, from oral tradition at Godalming, Surrey.

Narrative

1   He tossed the ball so high, so high,
He tossed the ball so low,
He tossed the ball in the Jew's garden,
And the Jews were all below.
2   Oh then out came the Jew's daughter,
She was dressed all in green:
'Come hither, come hither, my sweet pretty fellow,
And fetch your ball again.'

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