Give him a pipe of tobacco to smoke.

Suppose the pipe should fall and break?

We’ll give him a bag of nuts to crack.

Suppose the nuts were rotten and bad?

We’ll give him a horse to gallop around, &c.

—Enborne School, Berks (M. Kimber).

VIII.

London Bridge is broken down,
Gran says the little D,
London Bridge is broken down,
Fair la-dy.

Build it up with lime and stone,
Gran says the little D,
Build it up with lime and stone,
Fair la-dy.

[Then follow verses beginning with the following lines—]