CHILDREN’S RityMEs. 5D 
This being St. Valentine’s Day I give the rhyme I best recol- 
lect concerning: it. 
The rose is red, the violet’s blue, 
The lily’s sweet, and so are you, 
And so is he who sent you this, 
And when we meet we'll have a kiss. 
The following is the full text of a rhyme used for the purpose 
of diverting children in the nursery. It was obtained by a friend 
of mine from his grandmother, who resided in Dumbartonshire. She 
had learned it in her childhood, about 1795 to 1800. The gentle- 
man who gave it to me set it to music, and it was sung ata 
children’s concert in Aberdeen. I have only heard part of it in 
Dumfriesshire. It is worthy of “ Alice in Wonderland.” 
As I gaed up the Brandy hill, 
[ met my father wi’ gude will, 
He had jewels, he had rings, 
He had monie braw things, 
He had a hammer wanting nails, 
He had a cat wi’ ten tails. 
Up Jock, doon Tam, 
Blaw the bellows, old man. 
Peter cam’ to Paul’s door 
Playing on a fife. 
Can ye shape a Hielandman 
Out an auld wife ? 
He rummelt her, he tummelt her, 
He gied her sic a blow, 
That out cam’ the Hielandman, 
Crying, trot, show ! 
Man wi the skinny coat 
Help me owre the ferry boat ; 
The ferry boat’s owre dear, 
Ten pounds every year. 
[ve a cherry, I’ve a chess, 
I’ve a bonnie blue glass ; 
ve a coo among the corn, 
Haud Willie Blackthorn. 
Willie Blackthorn had a coo, 
Its name was Killiecrankie, 
It fell owre an auld dyke 
And broke its neevie nankie. 
