(They sit down together on stool. Soon he finds it too close quarters, and sits on the floor by her side.)
(All sing. Tune: No. 10.)
No. 10. LITTLE TOMMY TUCKER.
All. Little Tommy Tucker, sing for your supper. Sing for some milk with your bread and butter. But will you get it? We don’t think you will. Her cow’s a kicker that never stands still.
Tommy. I know how to fix that old crumpled-horn cow, It’s a dandy plan, you will agree. I’ll tie her hind legs to two well-planted posts, And the milk will be safe, as you see.
(Willie Winkie runs in, laughing.)
Willie. My, but I’ve had heaps of fun! I hid Jack Horner’s pie, Where he’ll never think of looking. I tormented Simple Si, I made sweet Cross Patch awful mad, and teased old Mother Hubbard. When next she finds old Rover, she’ll have an empty cupboard! I howled just like a hungry wolf, and scared Miss Bo Peep’s sheep, And let the bars down for Boy Blue, while he was fast asleep. I’ve just been busy all the day a-putting mischief through. I hadn’t time to dress myself, I had so much to do.