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

II.

Sheep, sheep, come home!
I’m afraid.
What of?
The wolf.
The wolf’s gone into Derbyshire,
And won’t be back till six o’clock.
Sheep, sheep, come home.

—Hanbury, Staffordshire (Miss Edith Hollis).

III.

Sheep, sheep, go out!
I’m afraid.
What you’re ’fraid of?
Wolf.
Wolf has gone to Devonshire;
Won’t be back for seven year.
Sheep, sheep, go out!

—Hurstmonceux, Sussex, as played about forty years ago (Miss E. Chase).

IV.

Sheep, sheep, come home!
I’m afraid.
What of?
The wolf.
The wolf’s gone to Devonshire,
And won’t be back for seven year.
Sheep, sheep, come home.

—Anderby (Miss M. Peacock), Barnes (A. B. Gomme).

V., VI.