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"Poor Mary" or "Poor Jenny" is a popular English language nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 1377. ==Lyrics== Lyrics vary considerably for this song. Over a hundred known variations have been collected in Britain since the 1880s, not least in the use of the names, including Jenny, Mary and Sally. Common modern versions include: :Poor Jenny is a-weeping, :A-weeping, a-weeping, :Poor Jenny is a-weeping :On a bright summer’s day. :Why are you weeping, :Weeping, weeping, :Why are you weeping, :On a bright summer's day? :I'm weeping for a loved one, :A loved one, a loved one, :I'm weeping for a loved one, :On a bright summer's day. :Stand up and choose your loved one, :Your loved one, your loved one, :Stand up and choose your loved one, :One a bright summer's day. :Shake hands before you leave 'er, :You leave 'er, you leave 'er, :Shake hands before you leave 'er, :On a bright summer's day.〔I. Opie and P. Opie, ''The Singing Game'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985), pp. 325–9.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Poor Mary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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