Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ...sold, Neither for silver nor for gold. So, fare you well, my lady gay, For I must turn another way. Through the kitchen, and through the hall, And take the fairest of them all; The fairest is, as I can see, Pretty Jane, come here to me. Now I've got my pretty fair maid, Now I've got my pretty fair maid To dance along with me--To dance along with me! There is a different version in Cambridgeshire, but the girl recollects it so imperfectly, and only two stanzas, that I cannot depend upon their being correct. Here come three lords dressed all in green, For the sake of your daughter Jane. My daughter Jane she is so young, She learns to talk with a nattering tongue. Let her be young, or let her be old, For her beauty sue must be sold. My mead's not made, my cake's not baked, And you cannot have my daughter Jane. HEWLEY-PULEY. The children are seated and the following questions put by one of the party, holding a twisted handkerchief or something of the sort in the hand. The handkerchief was called hewley-puley, and the questions are asked by the child who holds it. If one answered wrongly, a box on the ear with the handkerchief was the consequence; but if they all replied correctly, then the one who broke silence first had that punishment. Take this! What's this?--Hewley-puley. Where's my share?--About the kite's neck. Where's the kite?--flown to the wood. Where's the wood?--The fire has burned it. Where's the fire?--The water has quenched it. Where's the water?--The ox has drunk it. Where's the ox?--The butcher has killed it. Where's the butcher P--The rope has hanged him. Where's the rope?--The rat has gnawed it. Where's the rat?--The cat has killed it. Where's the cat?--Behind the church door, cracking pebble-stones and marrow-bones for...