This Is Halloween

DESCRIPTION: "This is Halloween, And the morn's Hallowday; If you want a true love, It's time you were away. Tally on the window-board Tally on the green, Tally on the window-board, The morn's Halloween."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1906 (Greig/Duncan3)
KEYWORDS: nonballad courting
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig/Duncan3 368, "This is Halloweven" (1 text, 1 tune)
Montgomerie/Montgomerie-ScottishNurseryRhymes 130, "(This is Hallowe'en)" (1 text)
Roud #5911
File: MSNR130

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