No. 32 Lazy Mary
A mother and daughter in the centre of a ring, the daughter kneeling with closed eyes. Mother advances—
“Lazy Mary, will you get up,
Will you get up, will you get up,
Will you get up to-day?”
“What will you give me for my breakfast,
If I get up, if I get up,
If I get up to-day?”
The reply is, “A slice of bread and a cup of tea,” whereon Mary answers, “No, mother, I won’t get up,” and responds similarly to the call to dinner; but for supper the mother offers “a nice young man with rosy cheeks,” which is accepted with the words, “Yes, mother, I will get up,” whereon the ring clap their hands. The round is familiar in New York streets. There is a corresponding English song, with a tragic ending.