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MOTHER, MAY I GO OUT TO PLAY |
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Where's the cat ? In the wood. Where's the wood ? Fire burnt it. Where's the fire ? Moo-cow drank it. Where's the moo-cow ? Butcher killed it. Where's the butcher ?
Eating nuts behind the door, and you may have the nutshells.
—London (Miss Dendy, from a maid-servant).
II. Please, mother, may I go a-maying? Why, daughter, why ? Because it is my sister's birthday. Make three pretty curtseys and walk away. Where is your may ? I met puss, and puss met me, and puss took all my
may away. Where is puss ? Run up the wood. Where is the wood ? Fire burnt it. Where is the fire ? Water quenched it. Where is the water ? Ducks have drunk it. Where are the ducks ? Butcher killed them. Where is the butcher ? Behind the churchyard, cracking nuts, and leaving
you the shells. —Sporle, Norfolk (Miss Matthews).
III. Please, mother, may we go out to play ? Yes, if you don't frighten the chickens. No, mother, we won't frighten the chickens.
[They all go out and say, " Hush ! hush !" to pretended chickens.] |
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