und the church, after which a rush is made for the
Wellgate Head, where they engage in a stand-up fight with the youth of
New Lanark (who come that length to meet them), the weapons used being
their bonnets attached to a long string. The fight over, the victors
(generally the boys of the Old Town) return, marching in order, headed
by one carrying a huge stick in exalted attitude, with a flag or
handkerchief attached to it; and thus arranged, they parade the
principal streets, singing, as their fathers and grandfathers sang
before them:--

Hooray, boys, hooray,
For we have won the day;
We've met the bold New Lanark boys,
And chased them doun the brae!

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In Chambers's _Popular Rhymes of Scotland_ there is a description of
"~Hinkumbooby~," which I have never seen played. It is, however, only an
extended version of "Looby-Looby." The party form a circle (says the
writer), taking hold of each other's hands. One sings, and the rest
join, to the tune of _Lullibero_:

Fal de ral la, fal de ral la;

while doing so they move a little sideways and back again, beating the
time (which is slow) with their feet. As soon as the line is concluded,
each claps his hands and wheels grotesquely round, singing at the same
time the second line of the verse:--

Hinkumbooby, round about,

Then they sing, with the appropriate gesture--that is, throwing their
right hand into the circle and the left out:--

Right hands in, and left hands out,

still beating the time; then add as before, while wheeling round, with a
clap of the hands:--

Hinkumbooby, round about,
Fal de ral la, fal de ral la;
[_Moving sideways as before, hand in hand._]
Hinkumbooby, round about,
[_Wheeling round as before, with a clap of the hands._]

Left hands in and right hands out,
Hinkumbooby, round about,
Fal de ral la, fal de ral la,
Hinkumbooby, round about.

Right foot in, and left foot out,
[_Right feet set into the centre._]
Hinkumbooby, round about,
Fal de ral la, fal de ral la,
Hinkumbooby, round about.

Left foot in, and right foot out,
Hinkumbooby, round about,
Fal de ral la, fal de ral la, etc.

Heads in, and backs out,
Hinkumbooby, round about,
Fal de ral la, etc.

Backs in, and heads out,
Hinkumbooby, round about,
Fal de ral la, etc.

A' feet in, and nae feet out,
[_On this occasion all si