Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories Part 6

This in c.u.mberland:--

Eeny, pheeny, figgery, fegg, Deely, dyly, ham and egg.

Calico back, and stony rock, Arlum, barlum, bas.h.!.+

In the United States:--

Inty, minty, tippity, fig, Dinah, donah, norma, nig, Oats, floats, country notes; Dinah, donah, tiz, Hulla-ballop-bulloo, Out goes you!

This curious one in Edinburgh:--

Inty, tinty, tethery, methery, Bank for over, Dover, ding, Aut, taut, toosh; Up the Causey, down the Cross, There stands a bonnie white horse: It can gallop, it can trot, It can carry the mustard pot.

One, two, three, out goes she!

Again, in Scotland:--

Inky, pinky, peerie-winkie, Hi domin I.

Arky, parky, tarry rope, Ann, tan, toozy Jock.

This is truly American--the first line of which, by the bye, is derived from, or is borrowed by, the College song, "King of the Cannibal Islands":--

Hoky poky, winky wum, How do you like your 'taters done?

Snip, snap, snorum, High popolorum, Kate go scratch it, You are out!

That this also is from beyond the "pond" is evident:--

As I was walking down the lake, I met a little rattlesnake.

I gave him so much jelly-cake, It made his little belly ache.

One, two, three, out goes she!

In the West of Scotland they sometimes say:--

Ease, ose, man's nose; Cauld parritch, pease brose.

Forfars.h.i.+re bairns say:--

Eemer-awmer, Kirsty Gawmer, Doon i' Carnoustie, merchant-dale.

Leddy Celestie, Sandy Testie, Bonnie poppy-show.

You--are--out!

And elsewhere, but still in Scotland:--

Eatum, peatum, potum, pie, Babylonie, stick.u.m, stie, Dog's tail, hog's snout, I'm in, you're out.

Or:--

Eerie, orie, owre the dam, Fill your poke and let us gang; Black fish and white trout, Eerie, orie, you are out.

Another goes:--

A ha'penny puddin', a ha'penny pie, Stand you there, you're out by.

The last appears in Chambers' _Popular Rhymes of Scotland_, which interesting collection embraces also the next two. First:--

My grandfather's man and me fell out, How will we bring the matter about?

We'll bring it about as weel as we can, And a' for the sake o' my grandfather's man.

Second:--

Master Foster, very good man, Sweeps his college now and than, After that he takes a dance Up from London down to France, With a black bonnet and a white snout, Stand you there, you are out.

In Glasgow, I am told, the next one used to be common:--

As I gaed up the apple tree A' the apples fell on me; Bake a puddin', bake a pie, Send it up to John Mackay; John Mackay is no in, Send it up to the man i' the mune; The man i' the mune's mendin' his shoon, Three bawbees and a farden in.

Also this:--

As I went up the apple tree, All the apples fell on me; Bake a puddin', bake a pie, Did you ever tell a lie?

Yes I did, and many times.

O-U-T, out goes she Right in the middle of the deep blue sea.

And this:--

Eerie, orie, ickery, am, Pick ma nick, and slick ma slam.

Oram, scoram, pick ma noram, Shee, show, sham, shutter, You--are--out!

In England and Scotland alike this has been used, with slight variations, for at least a hundred years:--

As I went up the brandy hill, I met my father, wi' gude will; He had jewels, he had rings, He had mony braw things; He'd a cat and nine tails, He'd a hammer wantin' nails.

Up Jock, doun Tam, Blaw the bellows, auld man.

The auld man took a dance, First to London, then to France.

Another:--

Queen, Queen Caroline, Dipped her hair in turpentine; Turpentine made it s.h.i.+ne, Queen, Queen Caroline.

And yet another:--

t.i.t, tat, toe, Here I go, And if I miss, I pitch on this.

The following have long been in active use all over Scotland, if not also elsewhere:--

Zeenty, teenty, halligo lum, Pitchin' tawties doun the lum.

Wha's there? Johnnie Blair.

What d'ye want? A bottle o' beer.

Where's your money? In my purse.

Where's your purse? In my pocket.

Where's your pocket? I forgot it.

Go down the stair, you silly blockhead.

You--are--out.