child, he vomits up
his milk.
Dasoda [475] shall wave salt and mustard round his head, and he
shall play in my lap.
My baby is making little steps. O Sunar, bring him tinkling
anklets!
The Sunar shall bring anklets for him, and my child will go to
the garden and there we will eat oranges and lemons.

2. My Krishna's tassel is lost, Tell me, some one, where it is. My
child is angry and will not come into my arms.
The tears are falling from his eyes like blossoms from the _bela_
[476] flower.
He has bangles on his wrists and anklets on his feet, on his head
a golden crown and round his waist a silver chain.

The _jhumri_ or tassel referred to above is a tassel adorned with
cowries and hung from the top of the cradle so that the child may
keep his eyes on it while the cradle is being rocked.

3. Sleep, sleep, my little baby; I will wave my hands round your
head [477] on the banks of the Jumna. I have cooked hot cakes
for you and put butter in them; all the night you lay awake,
now take your fill of sleep.
The little mangoes are hanging on the tree; the rope is in the
well; sleep thou till I go and come back with water.
I will hang your cradle on the banyan tree, and its rope to the
pipal tree; I will rock my darling gently so that the rope shall
never break.

The last song may be given in the vernacular as a specimen:

4. Ram ki Chireya, Ram ko khet.
Khaori Chireya, bhar, bhar pet.
Tan munaiyan kha lao khet,
Agao, labra, gali det;
Kahe ko, labra, gali de;
Apni bhuntia gin, gin le.

or--

The field is Rama's, the little birds are Rama's; O birds, eat
your fill; the little birds have eaten up the corn.
The surly farmer has come to the field and scolds them; the little
birds say, 'O farmer, why do you scold us? count your ears of
maize, they are all there.'

This song commemorates a favourite incident in the life of Tulsi Das,
the author of the Ramayana, who when he was a little boy was once
sent by his _guru_ to watch the crop. But after some time the _guru_
came and found the field full of birds eating the corn and Tulsi Das
watching them. When asked why he did not scare them away, he said,
'Are they not as much the creatures of Rama as I am? how should I
deprive them of food?'

6. Occupation.

The Chitaris