Did you see my wife, did you see, did you see, Did you see my 'wife looking for me? She wears a straw bonnet, with white ribbons on it, And dimity petticoats over her knee. Ding dong bell, Pussy's in the well! in? Who put her in? Little Johnny Green. Who pulled her out? - What a naughty boy was that To drown poor pussy cat, Who never did him any harm, But killed the mice in his father's barn! Ding, dong, darrow; The cat and the sparrow; The little dog has burnt his tail, And he shall be hanged to-morrow. Dingty, diddlety, my mammy's maid, Some in her pocket, some in her sleeve, Doctor Faustus was a good man, He whipped his scholars now and then; When he whipped them, he made them dance Out of Scotland into France, Out of France into Spain, And then he whipped them back again! Doctor Foster went to Gloucester, In a shower of rain; He stepped into a puddle up to his middle, Dogs in the garden, catch 'em, Towser; Cows in the cornfield, run, boys, run; Cats in the cream-pot, run, girls, run, girls; Fire on the mountains, run, boys, run. Doodle, doodle, doo, The princess lost her shoe; The fiddler stopped, Not knowing what to do. Doodledy, doodledy, doodledy, dan, I'll have a piper to be my good man; Eggs, butter, bread,35 Stick, stock, stone dead! Stick him up, stick him down, Stick him in the old man's crown! Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy, and Bess, 36 They all went together to seek a bird's nest. Every lady in this land Has twenty nails upon each hand Eye winker, 38 Nose dropper, Mouth eater, Chin chopper, Chin chopper. Fa, Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman : I'll grind his bones to make me bread. |