Here comes a woman from Babyland, With three small children in her hand. One can brew, the other can bake, The other can make a pretty round cake. One can sit in the garden and spin, Another can make a fine bed for a king. Pray m'am will you take one in? (1846, p. 121.) One child is then pointed out and passes to the other side, and this is continued till all are selected. Twelve further variations of the words used in playing this game were recovered from different parts of the country by Mrs. Gomme (1894, I, 313). Of these two, one from Shropshire (No. 3) and one from the Isle of Wight (No. 6), like that of Halliwell, designate the woman as "from Babyland." Others, from the Isle of Man and from Galloway (Appendix), describe her as from Babylon, while further variations mention Sandiland (No. 9), Cumberland (Berks, No. 8), and others. The word Babyland, which occurs in three out of thirteen variations of the game, is probably the original one, for it has a parallel in the corresponding German game in the name _Engelland_, the land of the spirits of the unborn. The Babyland game in a more primitive form is known as _Little Dog I call you_, in which the players also change sides (1894, I, 330). In this game, the one side is taken by a girl who looks after a number of children, the other by a girl who is designated as _Little Dog_, and who stands apart. The children secretly impart their wishes to their owner or leader, who warns them against laughing, and then calls the Little Dog and tells him to pick out the child who has expressed such and such a wish. Should this child laugh by inadvertence, she at once goes over to the Little Dog. If not, the dog is left to guess who has imparted the wish, and by doing so he secures the child. If he fails to guess aright, the child goes and stands behind the leader and is altogether removed out of the reach of the Little Dog. This is continued till all belong to one side or the other, and the game concludes with a tug of war. The games of _The Lady of the Land_ and _Little Dog_ have parallels in the foreign game of children changing sides, fourteen variations of which were collected from different parts of northern Europe by Mannhardt (M., p. 273). The closest parallel to _The Lady of the Land_ is played in Belgium, in which sides are taken by two leaders, of whom the one has many daughters and the other has none. The game is called _Riche et pauvre_ and the following verses are sung:-- Je suis pauvre, je suis pauvre, Anne Marie Jacqueline; Je suis pauvre dans ce jeu d'ici.-- Je suis riche, je suis riche, Anne Marie Jacqueline; Je suis riche dans ce jeu d'ici.-- Donnez-moi un de vos enfants, Anne Marie Jacqueline, Donnez-moi un de vos enfants, dans ce jeu d'ici. (M., No. 13.) "I am poor, I am poor in this game, I am rich in this game. Give me one of your children, in this game."