The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 2 of 2) / With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes, and Methods of Playing etc.

by Alice Bertha Gomme

—Yorkshire (H. Hardy).

[Play [version 1], [version 2]]

—Sporle (Miss Matthews).

I.

Ring a ring o’ roses,
A pocket-full o’ posies;
One for me, and one for you,
And one for little Moses—
Hasher, Hasher, Hasher, all fall down.

—Winterton, Lincoln, and Leadenham (Miss M. Peacock).

II.

A ring, a ring o’ roses,
A pocket-full o’ posies;
One for Jack, and one for Jim, and one for little Moses—
A-tisha! a-tisha! a-tisha!