—Harpenden (Mrs. Lloyd).

V.

Thread the needle,
Thread the needle,
Nine, nine, nine,
Let King George and I pass by.

—Liphook, Hants (Miss Fowler).

VI.

Open the gates as wide as wide,
And let King George go through with his bride;
It is so dark, we cannot see
To threaddle the tailor’s needle.

—Parish Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect.

VII.

Brother Jack, if ye were mine,
I would give you claret wine;
Claret wine’s gude and fine—
Through the needle-e’e, boys!