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Green Grow the Rushes, Oh
Armies don’t march to this tune any more, but it survives
as a neat group song. Here are the verses.
The leader sings: “I’ll give you one,
oh.”
And the group responds…“Green grow the rushes, oh!”
Leader:
“What is your one, oh?”
Group:
“One is one, and all alone, and ever more will be so.”
Leader:
“I’ll give you two, oh”
Group:
“Green grow the rushes, oh!”
Leader:
“What is your two, oh?”
Group:
“Two, two, the lilly-white boys, clothed all in green, oh.”
“One is one and all alone, and ever more will be
so.”
Leader:
“I’ll give you three, oh”
Group:
“Green grow the rushes, oh!”
Leader:
“What is your three, oh?”
Group:
“Three, three, the rivals, two, two, the lilly-white
boys…” …etc…
The verses go on…
“Four for the
gospel makers”
“Five for the
symbols at your door”
“Six for the
six proud walkers”
“Seven for the
seven stars in the sky”
“Eight for the
April rainers”
“Nine for the
nine white shiners”
“Ten for the
Ten Commandments”
“Eleven for
the ‘leven that went to heaven”
“Twelve for
the twelve apostles”
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