EDITOR'S NOTE. v INTRODUCTORY. I. THE DIFFUSION AND ORIGIN OF AMERICAN GAME-RHYMES. 1 II. THE BALLAD, THE DANCE, AND THE GAME. 8 III. MAY-GAMES. 13 IV. THE INVENTIVENESS OF CHILDREN. 22 V. THE CONSERVATISM OF CHILDREN. 28 I. LOVE-GAMES. No. 1. KNIGHTS OF SPAIN. 39 2. THREE KINGS. 46 3. HERE COMES A DUKE. 47 4. TREAD, TREAD THE GREEN GRASS. 50 5. I WILL GIVE YOU A PAPER OF PINS. 51 6. THERE SHE STANDS, A LOVELY CREATURE. 55 7. GREEN GROW THE RUSHES, O! 56 8. THE WIDOW WITH DAUGHTERS TO MARRY. 56 9. PHILANDER'S MARCH. 58 10. MARRIAGE. 59 II. HISTORIES. 11. MISS JENNIA JONES. 63 12. DOWN SHE COMES, AS WHITE AS MILK. 67 13. LITTLE SALLY WATERS. 70 14. HERE SITS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND. 70 15. GREEN GRAVEL. 71 16. UNCLE JOHN. 72 17. KING ARTHUR WAS KING WILLIAM'S SON. 73 18. LITTLE HARRY HUGHES AND THE DUKE'S DAUGHTER. 75 19. BARBARA ALLEN. 78 III. PLAYING AT WORK. 20. VIRGINIA REEL. 80 21. OATS, PEASE, BEANS, AND BARLEY GROWS. 80 22. WHO'LL BE THE BINDER? 84 23. AS WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH. 86 24. DO, DO, PITY MY CASE. 87 25. WHEN I WAS A SHOEMAKER. 88 26. HERE WE COME GATHERING NUTS OF MAY. 89 27. HERE I BREW AND HERE I BAKE. 90 28. DRAW A BUCKET OF WATER. 90 29. THREADING THE NEEDLE. 91 IV. HUMOR AND SATIRE.