246 NURSERY RHYMES.

 

You and you (points) but specially you,
[Or sometimes, “but specially Sue]
Or else I’ll beat you black and blue.

During the Mother's absence the Gipsy comes in, entices a child
away, and hides her. This process is repeated till all the chil-
dren are hidden, when the Mother has to find them,

CCCCXYV.

A STANDS with a row of girls (her daughters) behind her; B,
a suitor, advances.

&,. Trip trap over the grass. If you please will you let one
of your [eldest] daughters come,
Come and dance with me?
I will give you pots and pans, I will give you brass,
I will give you anything for a pretty lass,
A says, “No,”
&. I will give you gold and silver, I will give you pearl,
I will give you anything for a pretty girl.
A. Take one, take one, the fairest you may see.
B. The fairest one that I can see
is pretty Nancy,—come to me,
B& carries one off, and says,
You shall have a duck, my dear, and you shall have a
drake,

And you shall have a young man apprentice for your
sake.

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