[The first line of the following is the burden of a song in the " Tempest," act i., sc. 2. and also of one in the " Merchant of Venice," act iii., sc. 2.] DING, dong, bell, Pussy's in the well! Who put her in? Little Tommy Lin. Who pulled her out? Dog with long snout. What a naughty boy was that, To drown poor pussy-cat, But kill'd the mice in his father's barn. 281. HEY ding a ding, what shall I sing? Four and twenty,-my stomach is empty; 282. Cоck a doodle doo! My dame has lost her shoe; And don't know what to do. Cock a doodle doo! What is my dame to do? Till master finds his fiddling stick, Cock a doodle doo! My dame has lost her shoe, And master's found his fiddling stick, Cock a doodle doo! My dame will dance with you, While master fiddles his fiddling stick, For dame and doodle doo. Cock a doodle doo! Dame has lost her shoe; Gone to bed and scratch'd her head, And can't tell what to do. 283. LITTLE Tee Wee, The little boat bended, And my story's ended. 284. SING, sing, what shall I sing? The cat has bit it quite in two. 285. [I do not know whether the following may have reference to the game of handy-dandy, mentioned in "King Lear," act iv., sc. 6, and in Florio's "New World of Words," 1611, p. 57.] HANDY SPANDY, Jack-a-dandy, 286. TIDDLE liddle lightum, Pitch and tar; Tiddle liddle lightum, What's that for? 287. SING jigmijole, the pudding-bowl, 288. DIBBITY, dibbity, dibbity, doe, Dibbity, dibbity, dibbity, ditter, A bit of a fritter. 289. DEEDLE, deedle, dumpling, my son John 290. FEEDUM, fiddledum fee, The cat's got into the tree. Pussy, come down, Or I'll crack your crown, GILLY Silly Jarter, Who has lost a garter? The miller found it, And the miller gave it to Sally again. 292. HUB a dub dub, Three men in a tub; And who do you think they be? The butcher, the baker, The candlestick maker, Turn 'em out, knaves all three! 293. HYDER iddle diddle dell, A yard of pudding 's not an ell; 294. HEY diddle, dinkety, poppety, pet, |