XXII. The following is a fragment of a song on the subject, which was introduced by Russell in the character of Jerry Sneak.] POOR old Robinson Crusoe! Poor old Robinson Crusoe! They made him a coat Of an old nanny goat, I wonder how they could do so! With a ring a ting tang, And a ring a ting tang, Poor old Robinson Crusoe ! XXIII. Written on occasion of the marriage of Mary, the daughter of James duke of York, afterwards James II, with the young Prince of Orange. The song from which these lines are taken may be seen in 'The Jacobite Minstrelsy,' 12mo, Glasgow, 1828, v. 28.1 WHAT is the rhyme for poringer? XXIV. [The following nursery song alludes to William III and George prince of Denmark.] WILLIAM and Mary, George and Anne, XXV. [A song on King William the Third.] As I walk'd by myself, For nobody cares for thee. I answer'd myself, In the self-same repartce, Look to thyself, Or not look to thyself, The self-same thing will be. XXVI. [From MS. Sloane, 1489, fol. 19, written in the time of Charles I. It appears from MS. Harl. 390, fol. 85, that these verses were written in 1626, against the Duke of Buckingham.] THERE was a monkey climb'd up a tree, There was a crow sat on a stone, There was an old wife did eat an apple, There was a horse going to the mill, There was a butcher cut his thumb, There was a lackey ran a race, There was a cobbler clowting shoon, When they were mended, they were done. There was a chandler making candle, When he them strip, he did them handle. There was a navy went into Spain, XXVII. [The following may possibly allude to King George and the Pretender.] JIM and George were two great lords, And when that Jim got George by the nose, XXVIII. LITTLE General Monk And burnt in his clothes a hole, You too, like Monk, will be dead. XXIX. EIGHTY-EIGHT Wor Kirby feight, When nivver a man was slain; They yatt their meaat, an drank ther drink An sae com merrily heaam agayn. |