How old am I?
How long am I going to live?
How many children shall I have?
Black currant,
Red currant,
Raspberry tart,
Tell me the name
Of my sweetheart.
A, B, C, D, &c.
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, potter’s boy, flour boy, thief.
Silk, satin, cotton, muslin, rags.
Coach, carriage, wheelbarrow, dungcart.
On their buttons they say: “Bought, given, stolen,” to show how acquired.—Miss Chase.
In London the rhymes were—
One, two, buckle my shoe,
Three, four, knock at the door,
Five, six, pick up sticks,
Seven, eight, lay them straight,
Nine, ten, a good fat hen,
Eleven, twelve, ring the bell,
Thirteen, fourteen, maids a courting,
Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen,
Seventeen, eighteen, mistress waiting,
Nineteen, twenty, my plate’s empty.
One, two, three, four,
Mary at the cottage door,
Eating cherries off a plate,
Five, six, seven, eight.
Up the ladder, down the wall,
A twopenny loaf to serve us all;
You buy milk and I’ll buy flour,
And we’ll have pudding in half an hour.
One, two, three, four, five, six, &c.