128 DORSET CHILDREN'S DOGGEREL RHYMES. 



SHEEP, SHEEP, COME HOME. 



Master. Sheep, sheep, come home. 



Sheep Can't. 



Master. Why not ? 



Sheep. I'm afraid. 



Master. What of ? 



Sheep. Wolf. 



Master. Wolf is gone to Devonshire, 



Won't be home for seven year, 



So, sheep, sheep, come home. 



(The sheep try to go home ; but the wolf springs upon them.) 



JINNY, GET UP. 



Children. Jinny, get up for your breakfast, breakfast, breakfast, 



Jinny, get up for your breakfast, this cold and frosty morn- 

 ing. 



Jinny. I won't get up for my breakfast, breakfast, breakfast. 



I won't get up for my breakfast, this cold and frosty morning. 



Children. Your father's coming up the hill, up the hill, up the hill, 



Your father's coming up the hill, this cold and frosty mdrn- 



Jinny. I won't get up for my father, father, father, 



I won't get up for my father, this cold and frosty morning. 



Children. Your mother's coming up the hill, etc. 



Jinny. I won't get up for my mother, etc. 



Children. Your brother's coming up the hill, etc. 



Jinny. I won't get up for my brother, etc. 



Children. Your sister's coming up the hill, etc. 



Jinny. I won't get up for my sister, etc. 



Children. Your sweetheart's coming up the hill, etc. 



Jinny. I will get up for my sweetheart, sweetheart, sweetheart, 



I will get up for my sweetheart, this cold and frosty morning. 



The motif of this rhyme is reminiscent of the well-known 

 folk-song " The Prickly Bush," commonly called " The 

 Prikely Bush " in Dorset. 



