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GREEN GRAVEL.

A girl sits in the ring, while the rest join hands and go round her, singing:

"Green grav -- el, green grav -- el, How green the grass grows,
And all the free—ma -- sons are a -- shamed to be seen.
Ma -- ry, Ma -- ry, your true -- love is dead;
He sends you a let -- ter to turn back your head."

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WHEN I WAS A SHOEMAKER.

This game requires a leader who takes up the line of march, the rest of the children following and doing just what he or she does.

"When I was a shoe -- mak -- er, And a shoe -- mak -- er was I.

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