XI.

I sent a letter to my love,
I thought I put it in my glove,
But by the way I dropped it.
I had a little dog said “Bow, wow, wow!”
I had a little cat said “Mew, mew, mew!”
It shan’t bite you,
It shall bite you.

—Bexley Heath (Miss Morris).

XII.

I sent a letter to my love,
And by the way I droppt it;
I dee, I dee, I dee, I droppt it,
And by the way I droppt it.

—Keith (Rev. W. Gregor).

XIII.

I had a little dog, it shan’t bite you,
Shan’t bite you, shan’t bite you,
Nor you, nor you, nor you.
I had a little cat, it shan’t scratch you,
Shan’t scratch you, nor you, nor you.

I wrote a letter to my love, and on the way I dropped it.
And one of you have picked it up and put it in your pocket.
It wasn’t you, it wasn’t you, nor you, nor you, but it was you.

—London (A. B. Gomme).