Plymouth memories of an octogenarianDavis, William T. (William Thomas)
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Plymouth memories of an octogenarian
Davis, William T. (William Thomas)
Plymouth (Mass.) -- History
Hunt the squirrel through the woods,
I lost him, I found him;
I sent a letter to his son,
I lost him, I found him.
Fe, fi, fo, fum,
I smell the blood of an Englishman,
Be he live, or be he dead,
I’ll have his bones to make my bread. (Plymouth.)
Eggs, cheese, butter, bread,
Stick, stock, stone, dead,
Hang him up, lay him down,
On his father’s living ground. (Plymouth.)
Een, teen feather pip,
Sargo, larko, bump. (Plymouth.)
Inditie, Mentitie, Petitee, Dee,
Delia, Delia, Dominee,
Oacha, Poacha, Domminnicher,
Hing, Ping, Chee. (Plymouth.)
Henry, pennery, pit for gold,
Had a louse in his head,
Seven years old.
Seventy, seventy on to that,
This old logy will grow fat,
Hinchiman, pinchiman, make his back smart,
If ever I catch him, I’ll sling him to my heart;
Sling, slang, chattery bang—out. (Plymouth.)
Intry, tentry, tethery, methery,
Bank for over Diman Diny,
Ant, tant, tooch,
Up the causey, down the cross.
There stands a bonnie white horse,
It can gallop, it can trot,
It can carry the mustard pot,
One, two, three, out goes she. (Scotland.)
Eeny, teeny, other feather hip,
Satha, latha, kedarthun deck,
Een dick, teen dick, ether dick, fether dick, bunkin,
Een bunkin, teen bunckeen, either bunkin, fether bunkin digit.
(Indiana.)
Eenity, feenity, fickety, fig,
El del, dolman egg,
Irby, birky, stony rock,
An tan toosh Jack. (Scotland.)
Hinty, minty, cutry corn,
Apple seed and briar thorn;
Wire, briar, limber lock,
Three geese in a flock;
One flew east, and one flew west,
One flew over the cuckoo nest.
Up on yonder hill,
There’s where my father dwells.
He has jewels, he has rings,
He has many pretty things,
He has a hammer with two nails,
He has a cat with two tails.
Strike Jack, lick Tom,
Blow the bellows, old man. (New England.)
Onerie, twoerie,
Hahbo crackaro,
Henry Lary,
Guacahan Dandy,
Bullalie Collilie,
Forty-nine.
Onery, youery, eckery Anna,
Phillicy, pholocy, Nicholas John,
Queeby, quoby, Irish Mary,
Tinkerlam, Tarkerlum buck.
One ezzol, two ezzoll, zichara zan,
Bobtail vinegar, little tall tan,
Harum, scarum, virgin marum,
Zinctum, zanctum buck.
Tit, tat toe,
Here I go,
And if I miss
I pitch on this.
Rumble, rumble in the pot,
King’s nail horse top,
Take off lid.
Fe, fi, fo fum,
I smell the blood of an Englishman.
Be he live, or be he dead,
I’ll have his bones to make my bread.
Een, teen, feather pip,
Sarco, larco, bump.
Akaha, ou oi, ha,
Paele, kakini,
I kana, hoole pa;
Mai, no alaee
Ohu, memona kapolena, Kaide, wilu. (Hawaii.)
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