says:]

"Fly over his barn and eat all his corn."

CCCLII.

Now we dance looby, looby, looby,
Now we dance looby, looby, light,
Shake your right hand a little
And turn you round about.

Now we dance looby, looby, looby,
Shake your right hand a little,
Shake your left hand a little,
And turn you round about.

Now we dance looby, looby, looby,
Shake your right hand a little,
Shake your left hand a little,
Shake your right foot a little,
And turn you round about.

Now we dance looby, looby, looby,
Shake your right hand a little,
Shake your left hand a little,
Shake your right foot a little,
Shake your left foot a little,
And turn you round about.

Now we dance looby, looby, looby,
Shake your right hand a little,
Shake your left hand a little,
Shake your right foot a little,
Shake your left foot a little,
Shake your head a little,
And turn you round about.

[Children dance round first, then stop and shake the hand, &c.
then turn slowly round, and then dance in a ring again.]

CCCLIII.

THE OLD DAME.

[One child, called the Old Dame, sits on the floor, and the
rest, joining hands, form a circle round her, and dancing,
sing the following lines:]

_Children._ To Beccles! to Beccles!
To buy a bunch of nettles!
Pray, old Dame, what's o'clock?

_Dame._ One, going for two.

_Children._ To Beccles! to Beccles!
To buy a bunch of nettles!
Pray, old Dame, what's o'clock?

_Dame._ Two, going for three.

[And so on till she reaches, "Eleven going for twelve." After
this the following questions are asked, with the replies.--C.
Where have you been? D. To the wood. C. What for? D. To pick
up sticks. C. What for? D. To light my fire. C. What for?
D. To boil my kettle. C. What for? D. To cook some of your
chickens. The children then all run away as fast as they can,
and the Old Dame tries to catch one of them. Whoever is caught
is the next to personate the Dame.]

CCCLIV.

DROP-GLOVE.

[Children stand round in a circle, leaving a space between
each. One walks round the outside, and carries a glove in her
hand, saying:]

I've a glove in my hand,
Hittity Hot!
Another in my other hand,
Hotter than that!
So I sow beans, and so they come up,
Some in a mug, and some i