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

V.

Who’s that walking round my sandy path?
Only Jack and Jingle.
Don’t you steal none of my fat geese!
Yes, I will, or No, I won’t. I’ll take them one by one, and two by two, and call them Jack and Jingle.

—Barnes, Surrey (A. B. Gomme).

VI.

Who runs round my pen pound?
No one but old King Sailor.
Don’t you steal all my sheep away, while I’m a wailer!
Steal them all away one by one, and leave none but old King Sailor.

—Raunds (Northants Notes and Queries, i. p. 232).

VII.

Who’s that walking round my walk?
Only Jackie Jingle.
Don’t you steal of my fat sheep;
The more I will, the more I won’t,
Unless I take them one by one,
And that is Jackie Jingle.