Cuckoo, cherry tree,

Catch a bird, and give it to me;

Let the tree be high or low,

Let it hail, rain, or snow.

CCCXXI.

[Two of the strongest children are selected, a and b; a stands within a ring of the children, b being outside.]

a. Who is going round my sheepfold?

b. Only poor old Jacky Lingo.

a. Don't steal any of my black sheep.

b. No, no more I will, only by one,