15. OVER the water, and over the lee, 16. [The following is partly quoted in an old song in MS. Ashmole, 36, fol. 113.] As I was going by Charing Cross, I saw a black man upon a black horse; They told me it was King Charles the First; Oh dear! my heart was ready to burst! HIGH diddle ding, 17. Did you hear the bells ring? The parliament soldiers are gone to the king! 18. HIGH ding a ding, and ho ding a ding, 19. [The following is a fragment of a song on the subject, which was introduced by Russell in the character of Jerry Sneak. Mr. Sharpe showed me a copy of the song with the music to it.] POOR old Robinson Crusoe! Poor old Robinson Crusoe! They made him a coat, Of an old nanny goat, I wonder how they could do so! With a ring a ting tang, And a ring a ting tang, Poor old Robinson Crusoe! 20. [Written on occasion of the marriage of Mary, the daughter of James Duke of York, afterwards James II., with the young Prince of Orange. The song from which these lines are taken may be seen in "The Jacobite Minstrelsy," 12mo. 1828, Glasgow, p. 28.] What is the rhyme for porringer? 21. [The following nursery song alludes to William III. and George, Prince of Denmark.] WILLIAM and Mary, George and Anne, They put their father to flight and shame, And call'd their brother a shocking bad name. 22. [From MS. Sloane, 1489, fol. 19, written in the time of Charles I. It appears from MS. Harl. 390, fol. 85, that these verses were written in 162, against the Duke of Buckingham.] THERE was a monkey climb'd up a tree, There was a crow sat on a stone, There was an old wife did eat an apple, There was a horse going to the mill, There was a butcher cut his thumb, There was a lackey ran a race, There was a cobbler clowting shoon, There was a chandler making candle, There was a navy went into Spain, 23. [The following may possibly allude to King George and the Pretender.] JIM and George were two great lords, They fought all in a churn; And when that Jim got George by the nose, Then George began to gern. 24. LITTLE General Monk Sat upon a trunk Eating a crust of bread; There fell a hot coal And burnt in his clothes a hole, Now General Monk is dead. Keep always from the fire: You too, like Monk, will be dead. 25. [From the "Westmoreland and Cumberland Dialects," p. 89, Svo Lond. 1839.] EIGHTY-EIGHT Wor Kirby feight, When nivver a man was slain; They yatt their meaat, an drank ther drink, 32. [Tom Thumb's alphabet.] A was an archer, and shot at a frog, I was an innkeeper, who lov'd to bouse, J was a joiner, and built up a house. K was King William, once governed England, L was a lady, who had a white hand. M was a miser, who hoarded up gold, N was a nobleman, gallant and bold. O was an oyster wench, and went about town, P was a parson, and wore a black gown. Q was a queen, who was fond of good flip, R was a robber, and wanted a whip. S was a sailor, and spent all he got, T was a tinker, and mended a pot. U was an usurer, a miserable elf, V was a vintner, who drank all himself. W was a watchman, and guarded the door, X was expensive, and so became poor. Y was a youth, that did not love school, Z was a zany, a silly old fool. C |