[One child holds a wand to the face of another, repeating these lines, and making grimaces, to cause the latter to laugh, and so to the others; those who laugh paying a forfeit.] BUFF says Buff to all his men, And I say Buff to you again; Buff neither laughs nor smiles, But carries his face With a very good grace, And passes the stick to the very next place! CXCV. DANCE, Bumpkin, dance, (Keep the thumb in motion.) Dance, ye merrymen, every one; (All the fingers in motion.) For Bumpkin, he can dance alone, (The thumb only moving.) Bumpkin, he can dance alone. (Ditto.) Dance, Foreman, dance, (The first finger moving.) Dance ye merrymen every one; (The whole moving.) But Foreman, he can dance alone, Foreman, he can dance alone. And so on with the others-naming the 2d finger Middleman -the 3d finger Ringman-and the 4th finger Littleman. Littleman cannot dance alone. CXCVI. QUEEN Anne, queen Anne, you sit in the sun, As fair as a lily, as white as a wand. I send you three letters, and pray read one, pray, Miss or Master, throw up the ball. I CXCVII. RIDE a cock-horse to Banbury-cross, CXCVIII. RIDE a cock-horse to Coventry cross; A penny white cake I'll buy for her sake, CXCIX. RIDE a cock-horse to Banbury cross, CC. To market ride the gentlemen, So do we, so do we; Then comes the country clown, Hobbledy gee, Hobbledy gee! CCI. THIS is the key of the kingdom. On that bed there is a basket. In that basket there are some flowers. Flowers in the basket, basket in the bed, bed in the room, &c. &c. CCII. [Song set to five toes.] 1. LET us go to the wood, says this pig; CCIII. EGGS, butter, cheese, bread, Stick, stock, stone, dead, Stick him up, stick him down, Stick him in the old man's crown. CCIV. [I believe the following is only a portion of a dialogue, but I have not been able to recover it.] HERE comes a poor woman from baby-land, With three small children in her hand: One can brew, the other can bake, The other can make a pretty round cake. CCV. [A string of children, hand in hand, stand in a row. (A) stands in front of them, as leader; two other children (B and c) form an arch, each holding both the hands of the other] A child A. DRAW a pail of water, For my lady's daughter; My father's a king, and my mother's a queen, Stamping grass and parsley, Marigold leaves and daisies. |