CCCCXXXI.

DING, dong, darrow,
The cat and the sparrow;

The little dog has burnt his tail,
And he shall be hang'd to-morrow.

CCCCXXXII.

LITTLE Dicky Dilver

Had a wife of silver,

He took a stick and broke her back,
And sold her to the miller;

The miller would'nt have her,
So he threw her in the river.

CCCCXXXIII.

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, Home again, home again, dancing a jig; Ride to the market to buy a fat hog, Home again, home again, jiggety-jog.

CCCCXXXIV.

DOODLE, doodle, doo,

The princess lost her shoe;

Her highness hopp'd,

The fidler stopped,

Not knowing what to do.

CCCCXXXV.

ROMPTY-iddity, row, row, row,

If I had a good supper, I could eat it now.

CCCCXXXVI.

[Magotty-pie is given in MS. Lands. 1033, fol. 2, as a Wiltshire word for a magpie. See also Macbeth,' act iii, sc. 4. The same term occurs in the dictionaries of Hollyband, Cotgrave, and Minsheu.]

ROUND about, round about,
Magotty-pie,

My father loves good ale,
And so do I.

CCCCXXXVII.

HIGH, ding, cockatoo-moody,

Make a bed in a barn, I will come to thee;
High, ding, straps of leather,

Two little puppy-dogs tied together;
One by the head, and one by the tail,
And over the water these puppy-dogs sail.

CCCCXXXVIII.

[Our collection of nursery songs may appropriately be concluded with the Quaker's commentary on one of the greatest favourites-Hey! diddle, diddle. We have endeavoured, as far as practicable, to remove every line from the present edition that could offend the most fastidious ear; but the following annotations on a song we cannot be induced to omit, would appear to suggest that our endeavours are scarely likely to be attended with success.]

"HEY! diddle, diddle,

The cat and the fiddle "

Yes, thee may say that, for that is non

sense.

"The cow jumped over the moon

Oh no! Mary, thee musn't say that, for that is a falsehood; thee knows a cow could never jump over the moon; but a cow may jump under it; so thee ought to say "The cow jumped under the moon." Yes,

"The cow jumped under the moon; The little dog laughed

دو

Oh Mary, stop. How can a little dog laugh? thee knows a little dog can't laugh. Thee ought to say "The little dog barked-to see the sport,"

"And the dish ran after the spoon

Stop, Mary, stop. A dish could never run after a spoon; thee ought to know that. Thee had better say-" And the cat ran after the spoon."

Hey! diddle, diddle,

The cat and the fiddle,

So,

The cow jump'd under the moon ;

The little dog bark'd,

To see the sport,

And the cat ran after the spoon!"

CCCCXXXIX.

S I was going up Pippen-hill,

Pippen-hill was dirty,

There I met a pretty miss,

And she dropt me a curtsey.

Little miss, pretty miss,
Blessings light upon you!
If I had half-a-crown a day,
I'd spend it all on you.

CCCCXL.

BRAVE news is come to town,
Brave news is carried;
Brave news is come to town,
Jemmy Dawson's married.

CCCCXLI.

WILLY, Willy Wilkin,

Kissed the maids a-milking,

Fa, la, la!

And with his merry daffing,
He set them all a laughing,

Ha, ha, ha!

CCCCXLII.

It's once I courted as pretty a lass,
As ever your eyes did see;

But now she's come to such a pass,

She never will do for me.

She invited me to her own house,
Where oft I'd been before,

And she tumbled me into the hog-tub,
And I'll never go there any more.