the captain cried quack! quack!

The players hold hands and circle rapidly while singing. After the
last verse one of the players breaks the circle and with his next
neighbor raises his hand high to form an arch, calling "Bid, bid,
bid!" which is the call for ducks. The player on the opposite side of
the break in the circle proceeds to pass under this arch, the entire
circle following, all holding hands and answering "Quack! quack!
quack!"

When all have passed through, the two players at the opposite end of
the line raise their hands and cry, "Bid, bid, bid!" while the two who
first made the arch pass through, drawing the line after them, and
calling "Quack! quack! quack!" This passing of the ducks under the
gateway is continued during one or two repetitions of the music. The
players should repeat "Bid, bid, bid!" and "Quack, quack, quack!" in
rhythm during all of this latter part of the play.

FARMER IN THE DELL

_10 to 30 or more players._

_Indoors; out of doors._

The farmer in the dell,
The farmer in the dell,
Heigh-o! the cherry-oh!
The farmer in the dell.

The farmer takes a wife,
The farmer takes a wife,
Heigh-o! the cherry-oh!
The farmer takes a wife.

The wife takes a child,
The wife takes a child,
Heigh-o! the cherry-oh,
The wife takes a child.

The succeeding verses vary only in the choice in each, and follow in
this order:--

The child takes a nurse, etc.
The nurse takes a cat, etc.
The cat takes a rat, etc.,
The rat takes the cheese, etc.

[Illustration music:

The far-mer in the dell, The far-mer in the dell,
Heigh-o the cher-ry-oh, The far-mer in the dell.
]

The players stand in a circle with one of their number in the center,
who represents the farmer in the dell. At the singing of the second
verse, where the farmer takes a wife, the center player beckons to
another, who goes in and stands by her. The circle keeps moving while
each verse is sung, and each time the player last called in beckons to
another; that is, the wife beckons one into the circle as the child,
the child beckons one for the nurse, etc., until six are standing in
the circle. But when the lines, "The rat takes the cheese," are sung,
the players inside the circle and those forming it jump up and down
and clap their hands in a grand confusion, and the game breaks up.

HUNTING

_10 to 60 or more players._

_Indo