Mother got the Hooping cough Father got the gout-- Please (Rosie Milton) Will you walk out? or Half a pound of bacon, Fry it in the pan-- No one else shall have it But me and my young man. or Who’s that walking round my garden? Only Tommy Jingle. Don’t you steal none of my fat pigs, Or else I’ll make you tingle. or My young man is so lively, Takes me up the Wells[J] every Friday, Wears brown boots on a Sunday, With half a dozen buttons on his coat. or Here comes our jolly jolly sailors Just arrived on shore, We earn our money like ... And now we’ll work for more. or I fell into a box of eggs-- All the yellow run down my legs, All the white run up my shirt-- I fell into a box of eggs. or (an old one) Mother buy me a milking-pail, milking-pail, milking-pail, Mother buy me a milking-pail--one, two, three. Where’s the money coming from (repeat as above) Sell father’s feather-bed, etc. What’s father got to sleep in etc. Sleep in the pigsty, etc. What’s the pig got to sleep in, etc. Sleep in the washing-tub, etc. What have I got to wash in, etc. Wash in a thimble, etc. What have I got to sew with, etc. Sew with a poker, etc. What have I got to poke the fire with, etc. Poke it with your finger, etc. Suppose I burn my finger, etc. Serve you right. (The mother then tries to catch her children). or (this is a sham) Up you go feathery toy, Up in the air so lightly-- Children gaze after you, Watching your movements brightly. Tap, tap, battledores, Up once more you spring, Just like little dicky-birds, Sporting on the wing. or (this is the real thing) Shuttlecock, shuttlecock, if you don’t spin, I’ll break your bones and bury your skin. or Appletree, peartree, plumtree pie, How many children before I die? One, two, three etc. or Three little children sitting on the sand, All, all a-lonely (repeat both lines) Down in the green wood shady-- There came an old woman, said Come on with me, All, all a-lonely (repeat both lines) Down in the green wood shady-- She stuck her pen-knife through their heart, All, all a-lonely (repeat both lines) Down in the green wood shady. or Goodbye (May), while you’re away, Send a letter, love, Say you’re better, love, Don’t forget your dear old (Nell) (Call another girl in) or I know a girl, sly and deceitful, Every little tittle tat she goes and tells her people. Long nose, ugly face, ought to be put under a glass case, If you want to know her name, Her name is (Evie Allen). O (Evie Allen), get away from me, I don’t want to speak to you, Nor you to speak to me. Once we were playmates, But now we can’t agree-- O (Evie Allen), get away from me. or (ring game)