X. Oh! when I was a soldier, I did this way, this way. Oh! when I was a mower, I did this way, this way. Oh! when I was a hedge cutter, I did this way, this way. Oh! when I was a boot cleaner, I did this way, this way. Oh! when I was a teacher, I did this way, this way. Oh! when I was a governess, I did this way, this way. Oh! when I had a baby, I did this way, this way. Oh! when my baby died, I did this way, this way. —Fernham and Longcot Choir Girls, Berks. (Miss I. Barclay). XI. When I was a school-boy, a school-boy, a school-boy, When I was a school-boy, this way went I. When I was a school-girl, &c. When I was a-courting, &c. When I got married, &c. When I had a baby, &c. When my baby died, &c. When my husband was ill, &c. When I was a shoe-black, &c. When I was a washerwoman, &c. When I was a soldier, &c. When I was a sailor, &c. —Frodingham and Nottinghamshire (Miss M. Peacock). XII. When I was a school girl, a school girl, a school girl, When I was a school girl, a this way went I. When I was a teacher, a teacher, a teacher, When I was a teacher, a this way went I. [Verses follow for courtin’— married woman, having a baby, death of baby.] —Earls Heaton (H. Hardy). XIII. When I went a courting, I went just so. When next I went a courting, I went just so; When next I went a courting, I went just so; When next I went a courting, I went just so. —Haxey, Lincolnshire (C. C. Bell).