as big as my shoe.

DCXXI.

Hark, hark,
The dogs do bark,
Beggars are coming to town;
Some in jags,
Some in rags,
And some in velvet gowns.

DCXXII.

We're all in the dumps,
For diamonds are trumps;
The kittens are gone to St. Paul's!
The babies are bit,
The moon's in a fit,
And the houses are built without walls.

DCXXIII.

What's the news of the day,
Good neighbour, I pray?
They say the balloon
Is gone up to the moon.

DCXXIV.

Little Mary Ester,
Sat upon a tester,
Eating of curds and whey;
There came a little spider,
And sat him down beside her,
And frightened Mary Ester away.

DCXXV.

Shake a leg, wag a leg, when will you gang?
At midsummer, mother, when the days are lang.

DCXXVI.

Willy boy, Willy boy, where are you going?
I'll go with you, if I may.
I'm going to the meadow to see them a mowing,
I'm going to help them make hay.

DCXXVII.

To market, to market, a gallop, a trot,
To buy some meat to put in the pot;
Threepence a quarter, a groat a side,
If it hadn't been kill'd, it must have died.

DCXXVIII.

Come, let's to bed,
Says Sleepy-head;
Tarry a while, says Slow:
Put on the pot,
Says Greedy-gut,
Let's sup before we go.

DCXXIX.

How many days has my baby to play?
Saturday, Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, Sunday, Monday.

DCXXX.

Daffy-down-dilly has come up to town,
In a yellow petticoat, and a green gown.

DCXXXI.

Little Tom Tucker
Sings for his supper;
What shall he eat?
White bread and butter.
How shall he cut it
Without e'er a knife?
How will he be married
Without e'er a wife?

DCXXXII.

I can weave diaper thick, thick, thick,
And I can weave diaper thin,
I can weave diaper out of doors
And I can weave diaper in.

DCXXXIII.

[The following is quoted in the song of Mad Tom. See my
introduction to Shakespeare's Mids. Night's Dream, p. 55.]

The man in the moon drinks claret,
But he is a dull Jack-a-Dandy;
Would he know a sheep's head from a carrot,
He should learn to drink cider and brandy.

DCXXXIV.

[A marching air.]

Darby and Joan were dress'd in black,
Sword and buckle behind their back;
Foot for foot, and knee for knee,
Turn about Darby's company.

DCXXXV.

Barber, barber, sh