Emma Tompkins

DESCRIPTION: "Now once I loved a charming girl, the fairest in the land, Her name was Emma Tompkins." When he tickles and teases, she asks him to stop; "We are not married yet." But then they get married, and she encourages him to tickle and tease away
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1992 (Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk)
KEYWORDS: love courting marriage
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #39, "Emma Tompkins" (1 text)
Roud #10697
File: Hows039

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