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We'll catch an old fox And put him in a box, For a-hunting we will go. Halt! shoulder arms ! fire ! —Horncastle, North Kelsey, Lincoln (Miss Peacock).
III. O have you seen the Shah, O have you seen the Shah ? He lights his pipe on a star-light night, O have you seen the Shah ? For a-hunting we will go, A-hunting we will go ; We'll catch a fox and put him in a box,
A-hunting we will go.
—Epworth, Doncaster (C. C. Bell).
(fr) The players march two by two, all singing. The first pair let go hands, separate, and skip widely apart, still singing. Gradually, in this manner, two separate lines are formed, until, following each other and singing, the pairs come together again, join hands, and march and sing in couplets linked.
The Bath game is pla\Ted by the children standing in two rows facing each other, and clapping hands and singing the verse. At the same time the two children facing each other at the top of the lines join hands and trip down and up between the lines. Their hands are unclasped, and the two children run down the outside of the lines, one running on each side, and meet at the bottom of the lines, where they stand. The two children now standing at the top proceed in the same way: this is continued until all the children have done the same. A ring is then formed, when the children again clap and sing. Any number can play at this game.
In the Epworth version the children range themselves in double rank at one end of the room or playground, and march down to the other end hand in hand. At the bottom they loose hands and divide, the first rank turning right, the second left, and march back in twro single files to the other end again, where they re-form as at first, and repeat their manoeuvre, singing the verses alternately. |
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