Look upon the mantle-piece, There you’ll find a ball of grease, Shining like a threepenny-piece-- Out goes she! or Piggy on the railway, picking up the stones, Up came an engine and broke Piggy’s bones. Oh, said Piggy, that’s not fair-- Oh, said the driver, I don’t care. or I had a black man, he was double-jointed, I kissed him, and made him disappointed. All right, Hilda, I’ll tell your mother, Kissing the black man round the corner. How many kisses did he give you? One, two, three, etc. or Charlie, Arlie, stole some barley, Out of a baker’s shop. The baker came out and gave him a clout, And made poor Charlie hop, hop, hop. or Up the ladder, down the wall, Ha’penny loaf to feed us all, I’ll buy milk and you buy flour, There’ll be pepper in half an hour. or Lay the cloth, knife and fork, Bring me up a leg of pork. If it’s lean, bring it in, If it’s fat, take it back, Tell the old woman I don’t want that. or (an old one) Green gravel, green gravel, Your grass is so green, (or: Your voice is not heard) I’ll send you a letter To call (Florrie) in. I’ll wash you in milk, and dress you in silk, And write down your name with a gold pen and ink. or Two in the rope, and two take end, Both are sisters, both are friend, One named (Maudie), one named (Kate)-- Two in the rope and two take end. or (evidently made up of different bits) The woods are dark, the grass is green, All the girls I love to see Excepting (Rose Taylor), she’s so pretty, She belongs to London City. or Callings in and callings out-- I call (Rosie) in. Rosie’s in and won’t go out-- I call (Maudie) in. or All the boys in our town, eating apple-pie, Excepting (Georgie Groves), he wants a wife-- A wife he shall have, according he shall go Along with (Rosie Taylor), because he loves her so. He kisses her and cuddles her, and sits her on his knee, And says, my dear, do you love me? I love you, and you love me. Next Sunday morning, the wedding will be, Up goes the doctor, up goes the cat, Up goes a little boy in a white straw hat. or Vote, vote, vote for (Billy Martin), Chuck old (Ernie) at the door-- If it wasn’t for the law, I would punch him on the jaw, And we won’t want (Billy Martin) any more. or I know a washerwoman, she knows me, She invited me to tea, Guess what we had for supper-- Stinking fish and bread and butter. or Half a pint of porter, Penny on the can, Hop there and back again If you can. or Down in the valley where the green grass grows, Dear little (Lily) she grows like a rose. She grows, she grows, she grows so sweet-- Come little (Violet) and grow at her feet. or