Ducking under is the game,
Are you ready, children, all?
Hold your handkerchiefs quite fast,
Then run under when I call,
One, two, three.
At 'three,' 'a' and 'b' run under, and stand at 'c' and 'd' respectively, extending handkerchiefs as quickly as possible, so that the next couple may be able to pass under. The couple who stood next 'a' and 'b' at the beginning follow, then the next couple, and so on until the 'tunnel' has moved round the playground.
46. WHO'LL GO A-HUNTING
The children stand behind each other in couples at one end of the playground, ready to dance off when the song begins. They start from point 'b,' and each holds his partner's hand until the other end of the playground is reached, point 'a,' then the hands are dropped; one goes to the left (following direction of arrow 'c'), the other to the right (arrow 'd'), and they meet again at the starting point 'b,' where they join hands and repeat the movement.
The following is sung to the tune of 'Weel may the Keel Row.'
Who'll go a-hunting, a-hunting, a-hunting,
Oh! who'll go a-hunting this merry, merry day?
We'll catch the sly old fox—O,
Safe in a box—O,
Then who'll go a-hunting this merry, merry day?
47. SHEEP GATHERING
Two rows of children are formed facing each other, with a long chalk line between. The children join hands.