No. 1. BYE-LOW BABY.
Old Woman (singing). Byelow baby, sleep like a lady, You shall have milk when the cow comes home.
(She should fuss over her babies a good deal, as the play progresses, occasionally taking up one to kiss, cuddle, or spank, as the case may be. A bang is heard, then a peal of laughter, followed by a scream.)
Mother Goose. There! That’s the twins, you can tell by their noise. They make as much racket as seventeen boys!
(Jill runs in, with Jack in pursuit. Mother Goose seizes him, and Jill turns and makes faces at him.)
Jack (struggling). Lemme go, Mother. Just let me catch Jill. I’ll fix her!
Jill. No, sonny, I don’t think you will. O Mother, you ought to have seen him fall flat In the mud-puddle.