CHAPTER XXIII.

"Eetum, peetum, penny pump,
A’ the laadies in a lump;
Sax or saiven in a clew,
A’ made wi’ candy glue."

"One, two, three, four,
Tack a mell an ding ’im our."

"One, two, three, four, five, six, siven,
A’ that fisher dodds widna win t’ haven."

"Eerinnges, oranges, two for a penny,
A’m a good scholar for coontin so many."

"Ink, pink,
Penny, stink."

"I saw a doo flee our the dam,
Wi’ silver wings an golden ban;
She leukit cast, she leukit west,
She leukit fahr t’ light on best;
She lightit on a bank o’ san’
T’ see the cocks o’ Cumberlan’.
Fite puddin, black trout,
        Ye're oot."

"As I geed up the brandy hill
I met my father--he geed wull,
He hid jewels, he hid rings,
He'd a cat wi’ ten tails,
He'd a ship wi’ saiven sails,
He'd a haimmer dreeve nails.
Up Jack, doon Tam,
Blaw the bellows, aul’ man."

"Mr. Smith's a very good man,
He teaches his scholars noo an than,
An fin he's deen, he tacks a dance
Up t’ London, doon t’ France.
He wears a green beaver wi’ a snoot,
Tarry cedle, ye're oot."

"Endy tendy, ticker a been,
I sent a letter to the Queen,
The Queen o’ Jerusalem sent it t’ me,
Ocus, pocus, one, two, three."

"Eentie, teentie, tippenny bun,
The cat geed oot to get some fun,
To get some fun played on a drum
Eentie, teentie, tippenny bun."

"Eetum, peetum, penny pie,
Staan ye oot by."

"Enerie, twaarie, tickerie, ten,
Allabie, crackabie, ten, or eleevin,
Pim, pam, musky dam,
Queevrie, quaavrie, English man."

"Eerie, aarie, ackertie, ann,
Feelicie, faalicie, mixin, John,
Queevrie, quaavrie, Irish man,
Stinklum, stanklum, buck."

"Eetum, peetum, penny pie,
Cock-a-lorie, jinky jye,
Staan ye oot by
For a bonnie penny pie."

"Eerie, airie, ackertie ann,
Hunches, bunches, English man,
Back oot, back in,
Back throw the heelie pin.
Peter cam t’ oor door,
Playin at the pipes,
Cum a riddle, fizz oot."

"Eenitie, feenitie, ficer, ta
Fae, el, del, domina,
Irky, birky, story, rock,
An, tan, toust."

"Eenitie, teenitie, tippinny bun,
The cat geed oot to get some fun,
She got some fun,
She played the drum,
Eenity, teenity, tippinny bun."

"Ease, ose, man's nose,
A potty fon o’ water brose."

"The moose ran up the clock,
The clock struck one,
Doon the moosie ran,
Ickety, dickety, dog, dan."

"Ane, twa, three, four,
Mary at the cottage door
Eating cherries off a plate,
Five, six, seven, eight."

"Eerie, aarie, ecertie, ann
Bobs in vinegar I began
Eat, at
Moose, rat,
I choose you oot for a pennie pie,
Pur."

"Mr. Mungo, foo’s yir wife?'
'Very sick an like t’ die.'
'Can she eat any butcher meat?'
'Yes; more than I can buy. p. 174
Half a sow,
Half an ox, half a quarter of a cow;
She likes her porridge very thin,
A pound of butter she puts in.'
I choose you oot
For a penny pie, put,"

"Fussle Beardie hid a coo
Black an fite aboot the moo,
Wizna that a dainty coo
Belongt to Fussle Beardie."

"Fussle Beardie hid a horse;
It hault the cairtie through the moss,
Broke the cairtie, hangt the horse
Wizna that a dainty horse
Belongt t’ Fussle Beardie."

"Rob Law's lum reeks
Roon about the chimney-cheeks."

"Rise, Sally Walker, rise if you can,
Rise, Sally Walker, an follow your gueedeman,
Come, choose to the East,
Come, choose to the West.
Come, choose to the very one I love best."

"Ees, aas, oos, ink,
Peas, pottage, sma’ drink,
Twa an twa’s a tippenny loaf,
Twa an twa’s it."

"Humble, humble, Mister Fumble,
Three score an ten,
Learn me to double a hundred
Over an over again."

Black fish, fite troot,
Eerie aarie, ye're oot."

"John Smith, a folla fine,
Cam t’ shoe a horse o’ mine.
    Shoe a horse,
    Ca a nail,
Ca a tacket in its tail.
Black fish, fite troot,
Eerie, aarie, ye're oot."
Mr. Dunn's a very good man,
He teaches scholars, now and than;
And when he's done he takes a dance
Up to London, down to France.
He wears a bonnet wi’ a green snoot
Eerie, aarie, ye’er oot."