No. 64.
The Farmer in the Dell.
The farmer in the dell,
The farmer in the dell,
Heigh ho! for Rowley O!
The farmer in the dell.
The first child chooses and places beside himself a second, then a third, and so on, while the rest sing to the same tune:
The farmer takes the wife—
The wife takes the child—
The child takes the nurse—
The nurse takes the dog—
The dog takes the cat—
The cat takes the rat—
The rat takes the cheese—
The cheese stands alone.
The "cheese" is "clapped out," and must begin again as the "farmer."
New York streets.
No. 65.
The Game of Rivers.
A girl is chosen to be the Ocean. The rest represent rivers. The rivers, by very devious courses (around school-desks, etc.), flow into the Ocean. Not unfrequently in their course to the sea, the rivers encounter somewhat violently.