A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes/Nursery Songs/XI. GREEN AND AIRY AROUND

by Sabine Baring-Gould

There was an old woman lived under a hill,
Green and airy around.
There was an old woman lived under a hill,
And she had good ale and beer to sell.
With a clack, hurry-scurry, scurry whack!
Green and airy around.
She had an old man and he wore a wig,
Grey and hairy around.
A cat and a dog and a fat little pig.
She had a daughter, her name it was Nan,
Plump and bonny around.
And Nan would laugh with woman or man.
There came a trooper a-riding by,
Red and hairy around.
He called for drink because he was dry.
His boots were leather, his coat was red,
Bold and hair around.
A spur at his heel, and a hat on his head.
The trooper he was so bold and so big,
Bold, big, and hairy around,
Kissed Nan, drank beer, and ate up the pig,
And never he paid one fig—one fig,
With a clack, hurry-scurry, scurry whack!
Green and airy around.