Pray, pretty Miss, will you come out,
To help me in my dancing?”
If the answer were “No!” spoken with averted head over the left shoulder, the rhyme ran—
“Then you are a naughty Miss!
Then you are a naughty Miss!
Then you are a naughty Miss!
Won’t help me in my dancing.”
Occasionally three or four in turn refused. When the request was granted the words were changed to—
“Now you are a good Miss!
Now you are a good Miss!