[Taffy was a Welchman, Taffy was a thief,]
Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef;
I went to Taffy’s house, Taffy wan’t at home,
Taffy came to my house and stole a marrow-bone;
I went to Taffy’s house, Taffy was in bed,
I took the marrow-bone, and beat about his head.
| [Boys and girls, come out to play,] The moon does shine as bright as day, Leave your supper, and leave your sleep, And meet your playfellows in the street; Come with a whoop, and come with a call, And come with a good will, or not at all. Up the ladder and down the wall, A halfpenny roll will serve us all. You find milk and I’ll find flour, And we’ll have pudding in half an hour. |
| [Ride a cock horse to Banbury-cross] To see what Tommy can buy; A penny white loaf, a penny white cake, And a two penny apple pie. |
| [Ride a cock horse to Shrewsbury-cross,] To buy little Johnny a galloping horse It trots behind and it ambles before, And Johnny shall ride till he can ride no more. |
| [Jemmy Jed went into a shed,] And made of a ted of straw his bed; An owl came out and flew about, And Jemmy Jed up stakes and fled. Wan’t Jemmy Jed a staring fool, Born in the woods to be scar’d by an owl? |