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HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON |
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Please to let me go ?
Not without you bend and bow [pronounced bo].
Here's my bend [curtseys],
And here's my bow [touches forehead],
Now will you let me go ?
—Fernham and Longcot (Miss I. Barclay).
IV. How many miles to Babylon ? Three score and ten. Can we get there by candle-light ? Yes, and back again. Open your gates as wide as you can, And let King George and his family go through. Not without a back, not without a bow, Not without a curtsey, and then I'll let you through.
—South Shields (Miss Blair).
V. How many miles to Babylon ? Three score and ten. Can I get there o' candle-light ? There and back again. Here's my black [raising one foot], And here's my blue [raising the other], Open the gates and let me through.
—Annaverna, Ravendale, co. Louth, Ireland (Miss R. Stephen).
VI. How many miles to Barney Bridge ? Three score and ten. Will I be there by candle-light ? Yes, if your legs are long. A curtsey to you, another to you, If you please will you let the king's horses go through ? Yes, but take care of your hindmost man.
—Belfast (W. H. Patterson).
VII. How many miles to Gandigo ? Eighty-eight almost, or quite. Can I [we] get there by candle-light ? Yes, if your legs are long and light. |
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