The reply is, "A slice of bread and a cup of tea," whereon Mary answers, "No, mother, I won't get up," and responds similarly to the call to dinner; but for supper the mother offers "a nice young man with rosy cheeks," which is accepted with the words, "Yes, mother, I will get up," whereon the ring clap their hands. The round is familiar in New York streets. There is a corresponding English song, with a tragic ending. No. 33. _Whistle, Daughter, Whistle._ "Whistle, daughter, whistle, And I'll give you a sheep." [_After an interval._] "Mother, I'm asleep." "Whistle, daughter, whistle, And I'll give you a cow." [_A faint attempt._] "Mother, I don't know how." "Whistle, daughter, whistle, And I'll give you a man." [_A loud and clear whistle._] "Mother, now I can!" _New York._ The subject of this and the preceding number has furnished endless mirth to popular poetry. The present song is ancient; for it is identical with a German, Flemish, and French round of the fifteenth or sixteenth century, in which a _nun_ (or monk) is tempted to _dance_ by similar offers. The spirit of the latter piece seems to be rather light-hearted ridicule than puritanic satire, and the allusion does not show that the piece is subsequent to the Reformation. No. 34. _There were Three Jolly Welshmen._ There were three jolly Welshmen, And I have heard them say, That they would go a-hunting Upon St. David's day-- _Look--a--there--now!_ They hunted, they hunted, And nothing could they find, But a woman in the road, And her they left behind-- _Look--a--there--now!_ One said it was a woman, The other said nay; One said it was an angel With the wings blowed away-- _Look--a--there--now!_ We have obtained only three verses of the song, which was a favorite with little children as they sat on the door-step of a summer's evening. Another version of the ancient jest comes to us as sung by college students: (_Slow and mournful, in C minor._) And so they went along, To see what they could see, And soon they saw a frog A-sitting under a tree. (_Recit._) So--they--did. One said it was a frog, But the other said nay-- One said it was a canary-bird With the feathers blown away. (_Recit._) So--it--was. And so they went along, To see what they could see, And soon they saw a barn A-standing by a tree. One said it was a barn, But the other said nay, One said it was a meeting-house With the steeple blown away.