232 NURSERY RHYMES.

 

CCCXCIII.
[The following lines are sung by children when starting for a race. ]
GOOD horses, bad horses,
What is the time of day?
Three o'clock, four o’clock,
Now fare you away.

CCCXCIV.
MARY BROWN. FAIR GUNDELA.

A slightly dramatic character may be observed in this game,
which was 0 dtained from Essex. Children form a ring, one girl
kneeling in the centre, and sorrowfully hiding her face with her
hands. One in the ring then says:

Here we all stand round the ring,

And now we shut poor Mary in;

Rise up, rise up, poor Mary Brown,

And see your poor mother go through the town.
To this she answers:

I will not stand up upon my feet,
To see my poor mother go through the street.

The children then cry:

Rise up, rise up, poor Mary Brown,

And see your poor father go through the town.
Mary. I will not stand up upon my feet,

To see my poor father go through the street.
Chilivex, Rise up, rise up, poor Mary Brown,

To see your poor brother go through the town.