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The shirts won't go in. Wash by the river side. Supposing if I fall in ? Good job too!
—Hartley Wintney, Winchfield, Hants (H. S. May).
XII. Mother, buy the milk-pail, mother, dear mother of mine. Where's the money to come from, children, dear children of mine ? Sell father's feather bed, mother, dear mother of mine. Where's your father to sleep in ? Father can sleep in the servant's bed. Where's the servant to sleep in ? Servant can sleep in the pig-sty. Where's the pig to sleep in ? The pig can sleep in the wash-tub. Where shall we wash our clothes ? Wash our clothes at the sea-side. If our clothes should swim away ? Then take a boat and go after them. O what should we do if the boat should sink ? O then we should all of us be at an end.
—Swaffham, Norfolk (Miss Matthews).
XIII. We want to buy a wash-pan, wash-pan, wash-pan, We want to buy a wash-pan, early in the morning.
Where will you get the money from, money from, money
from ? We'll sell my father's feather bed, feather bed, feather
bed. Where will your father sleep ? Father'll sleep in the boys' bed. Where will the boys sleep ? Boys will sleep in the girls' bed. Where will the girls sleep ? Girls will sleep in the pig-sty. Where will the pigs sleep ? Pigs will sleep in the washing-pan.
—Cowes, Isle of Wight (Miss E. Smith) VOL. I. 2 B |
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