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,