Sirth Class.-Lullabies. CLXVII. HUSH a bye, baby, on the tree top, CLXVIII. Bye, baby bunting, To get a little hare's skin, CLXIX. HUSHY baby, my doll, I pray you don't cry, And I'll give you some bread and some milk by and bye; Or, perhaps you like custard, or may-be a tart,Then to either you're welcome, with all my whole heart. CLXX. BYE, O my baby, When I was a lady, O then my poor baby didn't cry; For want of good keeping, CLXXI. Hush thee, my babby, Lie still with thy daddy, Thy mammy has gone to the mill, To grind thee some wheat, To make thee some meat, And so my dear babby lie still. CLXXII. HUSH a bye a ba lamb, Hush a bye a milk cow, You shall have a little stick, To beat the naughty bow-wow. CLXXIII. CRY, baby, cry, Put your finger in your eye, And tell your mother it was I. Seventh Class.—Charms. CLXXV. [The three following charms are for the hiccup, and each one must be said thrice in one breath, to render the specific of service.] WHEN a twister twisting would twist him a twist, CLXXVI. ROBERT ROWLEY rolled a round roll round, A round roll Robert Rowley rolled round; CLXXVII. PETER Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper; CLXXVIII. [Ady, in his "Candle in the Dark," 4to. Lond. 1655, p. 58, says that this is a charm used for making butter come from the churn. It was to be said thrice.] COME, butter, come, Come, butter, come! Peter stands at the gate, Waiting for a butter'd cake; CLXXIX. I WENT to the toad that lies under the wall, I charmed him out, and he came at my call; I tore the bat's wing, what would you have more? CLXXX. [A charm somewhat similar to the following may be seen in the Townley Mysteries, p. 91. See a paper in the Archæologia, vol. xxvii. p. 253, by the Rev. Launcelot Sharpe, M.A.] MATTHEW, Mark, Luke, and John, Guard the bed that I lay on! Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my One to watch, one to pray, head! And two to bear my soul away! CLXXXI. [THE present charm, which appears to be only another version of the one just given, is preserved by Aubrey, in MS. Lansd. 231, fol. 114. It may likewise be found in Ady's "Candle in the Dark," 4to. Lond, 1655, p. 58.] MATTHEW, Mark, Luke, and John, Me safe from danger whilst I sleep! CLXXXII. [The following charm was learnt by the late Sir Humphrey Davy, when a boy, as a cure for the cramp.] MATTHEW, Mark, Luke, and John, ease us, I beg! Crosses three we make to ease us; Two for the robbers, and one for Christ Jesus. |