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HERE sits the Lord Mayor. . forehead.

Here sits his two men

Here sits the cock

Here sits the hen

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left cheek. tip of nose. . mouth.

chuck the chin (217)

462.

[A game-rhyme.]

TRIP and go, heave and hoe,
Up and down, to and fro;
From the town to the grove,
Two and two let us rove,
A-maying, a-playing;
Love hath no gainsaying;
So merrily trip and go,
Merrily trip and go!

463.

[A storm of wind.]

ARTHUR O'BOWER has broken his band, He comes roaring up the land;

The King of Scots, with all his power, Cannot turn Arthur of the Bower!

464.

[Tobacco.]

MAKE three-fourths of a cross,

And a circle complete;

And let two semicircles

On a perpendicular meet:

Next add a triangle

That stands on two feet;

Next two semicircles,

And a circle complete.

465.

[A swarm of bees.]

As I was going o'er Tipple Tine, I met a flock of bonny swine; Some green-lapp'd,

Some green-back'd;

They were the very bonniest swine That e'er went over Tipple Tine.

466.

[A sunbeam.]

HICK-A-MORE Hack-a-more,
Hung on a kitchen-door;
Nothing so long,

And nothing so strong,

As Hick-a-more Hack-a-more
Hung on the kitchen-door!

467.

O WHERE are you going,
My pretty maiden fair,
With your red rosy cheeks
And your coal-black hair?—

I'm going a-milking—

Kind sir, says she

And it's dabbling in the dew

Where you'll find me!

468.

[A firebrand, with sparks on it.]

As I was going o'er London Bridge,
And peep'd through a nick,
I saw four-and-twenty ladies
Riding on a stick!

469.

THERE was a man and he was mad,
And he jump'd into a pea-swad ;*
The pea-swad was over-full,
So he jump'd into a roaring bull;
The roaring bull was over-fat,
So he jump'd into a gentleman's hat;
The gentleman's hat was over-fine,
So he jump'd into a bottle of wine;
The bottle of wine was over-dear,
So he jump'd into a bottle of beer;
The bottle of beer was over-thick,
So he jump'd into a club-stick;
The club-stick was over-narrow,
So he jump'd into a wheel-barrow;
The wheel-barrow began to crack,
So he jump'd on to a hay-stack;
The hay-stack began to blaze,

So he did nothing but cough and sneeze!

*The pod or shell of a pea

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[A Christmas custom in Lancashire. The boys dress themselves up Iwith ribands, and perform various pantomimes, after which one of them, who has a blackened face, a rough skin coat, and a broom in his hand, sings as follows.]

HERE come I,

Little David Doubt;

If you don't give me money,

I'll sweep you all out.

Money I want,

If

And money I crave;
you don't give me money,
I'll sweep you all to the grave!

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