But where shall I get the money from? Sell my father’s feather bed. But where, O where, will your father lie? Father can lie in the girls’ bed. But where, O where, shall the girls then lie? The girls can lie in the boys’ bed. But where, O where, shall the boys lie? The boys may lie in the pig-sty. Then where, O where, will the pigs lie? The pigs may lie in the washing-tub. Then where, O where, shall we wash our clothes? We can wash by the river side. The tide will wash the clothes away. Get the prop and follow them. —Sheffield (Miss Lucy Garnett). VIII. Mother, buy some milking-cans, Milking-cans, milking-cans. Where must our money come from? Sell our father’s feather bed. [This goes on for many more verses, articles of furniture being mentioned in each succeeding verse.] —Earls Heaton (Herbert Hardy). IX. Buy me a milking-pail, my dear mother. Where’s the money to come from, my dear daughter? Sell father’s feather bed. Where could your father sleep? Sleep in the pig-sty. What’s the pigs to sleep in? Put them in the washing-tub. What could I wash the clothes in? Wash them in your thimble. Thimble isn’t big enough for baby’s napkin. Wash them in a saucer. A saucer isn’t big enough for father’s shirt. Wash by the river side, wash by the river side. —Crockham Hill, Kent (Miss Chase). X. Please, mother, buy me a milking-can, Milking-can, milking-can, Please, mother, buy me a milking-can, My dear mother. Where can I get the money from? Sell father’s feather bed. Where shall your father sleep? Sleep in the boys’ bed. Where shall the boys sleep? Sleep in the pig-sty. Where shall the pigs sleep? Sleep in the washing-tub. What shall I wash with? Wash in an egg-shell. The egg-shell will break. Wash in a thimble. Thimble’s not big enough. Wash by the river side. Suppose the things should float away? Get a boat and go after them. Suppose the boat should be upset? Then you’ll be drowned, Drowned, drowned, Then you’ll be drowned, And a good job too. —Enborne, Berks. (Miss M. Kimber). XI. Please, mother, buy me a milk-can, A milk-can, a milk-can, Please, mother, do. Where’s the money coming from, Coming from, coming from, What shall I do? Sell father’s feather bed, Feather bed, feather bed, Please mother, do.