DORSET CHILDREN'S DOGGEREL RHYMES. 131 

 DOWN IN THE MEADOWS. 



I. Down in the meadows where the high grass grows, 

 See (girl's name) she grows like a rose, 

 She grows, she grows, she grows like a rose, 

 Come and tell your thoughts to me. 



II. (Girl's name) made a pudding, she made it nice and sweet, 

 Up jumps (boy's name) to have a slice to eat. 

 Taste, love, taste, and don't say " No." 

 To-morrow is your wedding-day and we shall have to go. 



III. All the boys in (name of place) shall have a happy life 

 Except (boy's name) and he shall have a wife. 

 A wife he shall have and a-courting he shall go 

 Along with (girl's name) because he loves her so. 



IV. He kisses her, he cuddles her, he sits her on his knee, 

 And says, dear (girl's name), will you marry me ? 

 The bells shall ring and we shall sing 

 Next Monday morn our wedding shall bring. 



COUNTING-OUT PROCESSES. 



I. Ena, meena, mina, mo, 

 Catch a tinker by his toe. 

 If he screams, let him go, 

 Ena, meena, mina, mo. 

 O.U.T. spells " out," 

 And out you must go 

 As fair as it can be. 



II. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, 

 All good children go to heaven, 

 Penny on the water, twopence on the sea, 

 Threepence on the railway, and out goes she. 



Ill, Monkeys, monkeys, draw the beer, 

 How many monkeys have you here ? 

 Two, four, six, eight, 

 Mnry at the cottage gate, 

 Eating cherries off the plate, 

 Two, four, six, eight, 

 Out you go. 



