How short the days are
Now October is here!
If you long for a song,
I'll sing one to cheer.
Junior Division.
I.
Jingle, jingle, Little Jack
Had a key put down his back;
Single, single, I declare,
He used to live for many a year.
II.
'Twas night, the moon shone bright,
The rats came down in scores,
Munching, squeaking, each man shrieking,
Tumbling down indoors.
III.
We went out four and twenty strong,
Sailors and tailors in a throng;
We heard a tale, we saw a sail,
And then returned to kill a snail.
IV.
Here Harry and Richard,
Here Robin and John!
If there were but two men
You would pretty soon come!