15.

OVER the water, and over the lee,
And over the water to Charley.
Charley loves good ale and wine,
And Charley loves good brandy,
And Charley loves a pretty girl,
As sweet as sugar-candy.

16.

[The following is partly quoted in an old song in MS. Ashmole, 36, fol. 113.]

As I was going by Charing Cross,

I saw a black man upon a black horse; They told me it was King Charles the First; Oh dear! my heart was ready to burst!

HIGH diddle ding,

17.

Did you hear the bells ring?

The parliament soldiers are gone to the king!
Some they did laugh, some they did cry,
To see the parliament soldiers pass by.

18.

HIGH ding a ding, and ho ding a ding,
The parliament soldiers are gone to the king;
Some with new beavers, some with new bands,
The parliament soldiers are all to be hang'd.

19.

[The following is a fragment of a song on the subject, which was introduced by Russell in the character of Jerry Sneak. Mr. Sharpe showed me a copy of the song with the music to it.]

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!

20.

[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. 1828, Glasgow, p. 28.]

What is the rhyme for porringer?
The king he had a daughter fair,
And gave the Prince of Orange her.

21.

[The following nursery song alludes to William III. and George, Prince of Denmark.]

WILLIAM and Mary, George and Anne,
Four such children had never a man:

They put their father to flight and shame,

And call'd their brother a shocking bad name.

22.

[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 162, against the Duke of Buckingham.]

THERE was a monkey climb'd up a tree,
When he fell down, then down fell he.

There was a crow sat on a stone,
When he was gone, then there was none.

There was an old wife did eat an apple,
When she had eat two, she had eat a couple.

There was a horse going to the mill,
When he went on, he stood not still.

There was a butcher cut his thumb,
When it did bleed, then blood did come.

There was a lackey ran a race,
When he ran fast, he ran apace.

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,
When it return'd, it came again.

23.

[The following may possibly allude to King George and the Pretender.]

JIM and George were two great lords,

They fought all in a churn;

And when that Jim got George by the nose, Then George began to gern.

24.

LITTLE General Monk

Sat upon a trunk

Eating a crust of bread;

There fell a hot coal

And burnt in his clothes a hole,

Now General Monk is dead.

Keep always from the fire:
If it catch your attire,

You too, like Monk, will be dead.

25.

[From the "Westmoreland and Cumberland Dialects," p. 89, Svo Lond. 1839.]

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.

32.

[Tom Thumb's alphabet.]

A was an archer, and shot at a frog,
B was a butcher, and kept a bull-dog.
C was a captain, all covered with lace,
D was a drunkard, and had a red face.
E was an esquire, with insolent brow,
F was a farmer, and followed the plough.
G was a gamester, who had but ill luck,
H was a hunter, and hunted a buck.

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was an innkeeper, who lov'd to bouse, J was a joiner, and built up a house. K was King William, once governed England, L was a lady, who had a white hand. M was a miser, who hoarded up gold, N was a nobleman, gallant and bold. O was an oyster wench, and went about town, P was a parson, and wore a black gown. Q was a queen, who was fond of good flip, R was a robber, and wanted a whip. S was a sailor, and spent all he got, T was a tinker, and mended a pot. U was an usurer, a miserable elf, V was a vintner, who drank all himself. W was a watchman, and guarded the door, X was expensive, and so became poor. Y was a youth, that did not love school, Z was a zany, a silly old fool.

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