CCCXLIX. This is the way the ladies ride; Tri, tre, tre, tree, Tri, tre, tre, tree! This is the way the ladies ride, Tri, tre, tre, tre, tri-tre-tre-tree! This is the way the gentlemen ride; Gallop-a-trot, Gallop-a-trot! This is the way the gentlemen ride, Gallop-a-gallop-a-trot! This is the way the farmers ride; Hobbledy-hoy, Hobbledy-hoy! This is the way the farmers ride, Hobbledy hobbledy-hoy! CCCL. There was a man, and his name was Dob, And he had a wife, and her name was Mob, And he had a dog, and he called it Cob, And she had a cat, called Chitterabob. Cob, says Dob, Chitterabob, says Mob, Cob was Dob's dog, Chitterabob Mob's cat. CCCLI. [Two children sit opposite to each other; the first turns her fingers one over the other, and says:] "May my geese fly over your barn?" [The other answers, Yes, if they'll do no harm. Upon which the first unpacks the fingers of her hand, and waving it over head, says:] "Fly over his barn and eat all his corn." CCCLII. Now we dance looby, looby, looby, Now we dance looby, looby, light, Shake your right hand a little And turn you round about. Now we dance looby, looby, looby, Shake your right hand a little, Shake your left hand a little, And turn you round about. Now we dance looby, looby, looby, Shake your right hand a little, Shake your left hand a little, Shake your right foot a little, And turn you round about. Now we dance looby, looby, looby, Shake your right hand a little, Shake your left hand a little, Shake your right foot a little, Shake your left foot a little, And turn you round about. Now we dance looby, looby, looby, Shake your right hand a little, Shake your left hand a little, Shake your right foot a little, Shake your left foot a little, Shake your head a little, And turn you round about. [Children dance round first, then stop and shake the hand, &c. then turn slowly round, and then dance in a ring again.] CCCLIII. THE OLD DAME. [One child, called the Old Dame, sits on the floor, and the rest, joining hands, form a circle round her, and dancing, sing the following lines:] _Children._ To Beccles! to Beccles! To buy a bunch of nettles! Pray, old Dame, what's o'clock? _Dame._ One, going for two. _Children._ To Beccles! to Beccles! To buy a bunch of nettles! Pray, old Dame, what's o'clock? _Dame._ Two, going for three.