tf4 NURSERY RHVMES,

CLXXXIX.

{The following catch is found in Ben Jonson’s ‘ Masque of Oberon,” and is
a most common nursery song at the present day. |

Buz, quoth the blue fly,
Hum, quoth the bee,
Buz and hum they cry,
And so do we: :
In his ear, in his nose, thus, do you see?
He ate the dormouse, else it was he.

 

CXC,

JACKY, come give me the fiddle,
If ever thou mean to thrive.
Nay, I’ll not give my fiddle
To any man alive.
If I should give my fiddle
They ‘ll think that I’m gone mad,

For many a joyful day
My fiddle and I have had.