Raspberry, Strawberry

DESCRIPTION: "Raspberry, strawberry, (Blackberry/Gooseberry Jam), Tell me the name Of your young man." Or, "Apple jelly, jam tart." "Does he like you?" "Will he marry you?" "What will he marry you in? Silk, satin, cotton, rags." "How will you get to the church?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1944 (Trent-Johns-PlaySongsOfTheDeepSouth)
KEYWORDS: playparty food courting clothes travel children home | fortune-telling
FOUND IN: New Zealand Ireland
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 107, "(Raspberry, strawberry)," "(Apple jelly, my jam tart)" (2 texts)
Trent-Johns-PlaySongsOfTheDeepSouth, pp. 26-27, "Strawberry Jam, Cream of Tartum" (1 text, 1 tune)
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 90, "Apple Jelly" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 25, "(Strawberry, apple, blackberry tart)"; ("Apple jelly, black currant jam)" (2 texts, the second surely this; the first might be "Strawberry shortcake")
Roud #19383
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "She Loves Coffee and I Love Tea" (lyrics, style)
cf. "Strawberry Shortcake (Lemonade Pop; Guess Who)" (food fortunetelling)
cf. "Does He Love Me?" (fortune-telling lines)
NOTES [118 words]: Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren seems to say that this is the same as "She Loves Coffee and I Love Tea," and certainly they share a lot of questions. It looks to me more like they are separate songs that cross-fertilized, but you should probably see both. Roud separates them, but this is one of those cases where the extremes are clearly different but there is a lot of confusing stuff between the extremes. I'd be more inclined to lump with "Strawberry Shortcake (Lemonade Pop; Guess Who)"; it is often impossible to tell which one a piece should file with. In a few cases, I've just filed the piece in the same place Steve Roud did, more for consistency than from conviction. - RBW
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