DORSET CHILDREN'S DOGGEREL RHYMES. 127 



Isabella and lover. What have you for dinner, for dinner, 

 For dinner, farewell. 



Children. Roast beef and plum pudding, plum pudding, plum 



pudding, 



Roast beef and plum pudding, plum pudding, fare- 

 well. 



MOTHER, BUY ME A MILK CAN. 



Children. Mother, buy me a milk can, milk can, milk can, 

 Mother, buy me a milk can, one, two, three. 



Mother. Where's the money coming from, coming from, coming from? 

 Where's the money coming from ? one, two, three. 



Children. Sell father's feather-bed, feather-bed, feather-bed, 

 Sell father's feather-bed, one, two, three. 



Mother. Where will father sleep to, sleep to, sleep to ? etc. 



Children. Sleep with the butler, butler, butler, etc. 



Mother. Where will the butler sleep to ? etc. 



Children.- Sleep in the pigsty, etc. 



Mother. Where will the pig sleep to ? etc. 



Children. Sleep in the washing-tub, etc. 



Mother. What shall I wash in ? etc. 



Children. Wash in your thimble, etc. 



Mother. What shall I sew with ? etc. 



Children. Sew with the poker, etc. 



Mother. What shall I poke with? etc. 



Children. Poke with your finger, etc. 



Mother. Suppose I burn my finger, finger, finger. 



Suppose I burn my finger, one, two, three. 



Children. And a good job too ! (Then follows a chase.) 



There are many versions of this " rhyme," some longer and 

 some shorter, but the idea is the same in each case. 



