Volume I Part 14 (1/2)

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-Hexham.

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-Derbys.h.i.+re.

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-Earls Heaton, Yorks.

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-Enborne.

I. The miller's mill-dog lay at the mill-door, And his name was Little Bingo.

B with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an O, And his name was Little Bingo.

The miller he bought a cask of ale, And he called it right good Stingo.

S with a T, T with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an O, And he called it right good Stingo.

The miller he went to town one day, And he bought a wedding Ring-o!

R with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an O, And he bought a wedding Ring-o!

-Monton, Lancas.h.i.+re (Miss Dendy).

II. A farmer's dog lay on the floor, And Bingo was his name O!

B, i, n, g, o, B, i, n, g, o, And Bingo was his name O!

The farmer likes a gla.s.s of beer, I think he calls it Stingo!

S, t, i, n, g, o, S, t, i, n, g, o!

I think he calls it Stingo!

S, t, i, n, g, O! I think he calls it Stingo!

-Market Drayton, Ellesmere, Oswestry (Burne's _Shrops.h.i.+re Folk-lore_, p.

513).

III. There was a jolly farmer, And he had a jolly son, And his name was Bobby Bingo.

BINGO, BINGO, BINGO, And Bingo was his name.

-Liphook, Hants; Wakefield, Yorks (Miss Fowler).

IV. There _was_ a farmer _had_ a dog, His name was Bobby Bingo.

B-i-n-g-o, B-i-n-g-o, B-i-n-g-o, His name was Bobby Bingo.

-Tean, Staffs.; and North Staffs. Potteries (Miss Keary).

V. The farmer's dog lay on the hearth, And Bingo was his name oh!