London street games

by Norman Douglas

or (for a shuttlecock-game)

Sam, Sam, dirty old man,

Washed his face in a frying pan,

Combed his hair with the leg of a chair—

Sam, Sam, dirty old man.

or

Look upon the mantle-piece,

There you’ll find a ball of grease,

Shining like a threepenny-piece—

Out goes she!