THE PIE-MAN’S SONG.
A Motion Game.
Solo.
If a body meet a body, coming to my fire,
If a body greet a body, why should I have ire?
All the lassies and the laddies
Come to me and buy
Buns and bread and muffins sweet,
And all my jelly pie.
Chorus.
This is the way the pie-man takes
The roller to smooth the crust he makes;
Then putting the crust in a bright tin pan.
He fills it with quince and raspberry jam.
This way the pie-man carries bread,
Holding the board on top of his head;
While to the oven he hurries along,
All the time merrily singing his song.
Solo.
If a body meet a body, coming to my fire,
If a body greet a body, why should I have ire? etc.
Chorus.
This is the way we eat the cakes,
And pies and buns the pie-man makes,
And when we are through we ask yet for more,
While we dance on the baker’s clean wood floor.
Then we run as fast as we can,
And leave this jolly baker man,
While to the oven he hurries along,
All the time merrily singing his song.
Solo.
If a body meet a body, coming to my fire,
If a body greet a body, why should I have ire? etc.
The verses may be sung to the tune, “Pop Goes the Weasel.” The solo is sung by the baker, to the tune, “Coming Through the Rye.”
All the children should sing and imitate the pieman, who illustrates each action that is mentioned.