Volume I Part 31 (1/2)
-Haydon (Herbert Hardy).
XI. Draw a bucket of water To wash my lady's garter; A guinea gold ring And a silver pin, Please, little girl, pop under.
-Earls Heaton (Herbert Hardy).
XII. See-saw, a bucket of water, To wash my lady's garter.
One in a rush, and two in a bush, To see a fine lady pop under a bush.
-Anderby, Lincolns.h.i.+re, and Nottinghams.h.i.+re near the Trent (Miss Peac.o.c.k).
XIII. One we go rush, Two we go push; Lady come under the corner bush.
-Sheps...o...b.., Gloucesters.h.i.+re (Miss Mendham).
XIV. Sift the lady's oaten meal, sift it into flour, Put it in a chest of drawers and let it lie an hour.
One of my rush, Two of my rush, Please, young lady, come under my bush.
My bush is too high, my bush is too low, Please, young lady, come under my bow.
Stir up the dumpling, stir up the dumpling.
-Belfast (W. H. Patterson).
XV. Sieve my lady's oatmeal, Grind my lady's flour; Put it in a chestnut, Let it stand an hour.
One may rush, two may rush; Come, my girls, walk under the bush.
-Halliwell's _Nursery Rhymes_, Games, cclx.x.xviii.
(_b_) The Berrington version of this game is played as follows:-Two girls face each other, holding each other by both hands. Two others face each other, holding both hands across the other two. They see-saw backwards and forwards, singing the lines (fig. 1). One girl gets inside the enclosing hands (fig. 2), and they repeat till all four have ”popped under” (fig. 3), when they ”jog” up and down till they fall on the floor! (fig. 4). At Ellesmere only _two_ girls join hands, and as many ”pop under” as they can encircle. The Lincolns.h.i.+re and Norfolk versions are played practically in the same way. In the Liphook version the children stand in two and two opposite to each other; the children on one side of the square hold hands up at the third line, and the other two children run under the hands of the first two. There is no pause, but the verse is sung time after time, so that the four children are nearly always moving. In the other Hamps.h.i.+re version four girls stand in a square, each holding the hands of the one opposite to her, pulling each other's hands backwards and forwards singing the lines. Two arms are then raised, and one girl comes under; this is repeated till all four girls have come under the arms, then their arms encircle each other's waists and they dance round. In the Scottish version there are only two girls who join hands and pull each other backwards and forwards, repeating the words. Halliwell describes a different action to any of these. A string of children, hand in hand, stand in a row. A child stands in front of them as leader; two other children form an arch, each holding both of the hands of the other. The string of children pa.s.s under the arch, the last of whom is taken captive by the two holding hands. The verses are repeated until all are taken.-Halliwell's _Nursery Rhymes_, cclx.x.xvii.
[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 1.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 2.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 3.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: Fig. 4.]
(_c_) The a.n.a.lysis of the game rhymes is as follows:-
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No.
Halliwell's Version.
Liphook (Hants).
Shrops.h.i.+re.
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1.
Draw a pail of water.
Draw a pail of water.
Draw, draw water.
2.
-
-
-
3.
-
-
-
4.
For my lady's
Send a lady a
For my lady's
daughter.
daughter.
daughter.
5.
-
-
-
6.
-
-
-
7.
-
-
-
8.
My father's a king and
-
-
my mother's a queen.
9.
My two little sisters
-
-
are dressed in green.
10.
Stamping gra.s.s and
-
-
parsley.
11.
Marigold leaves and
-
-
daisies.
12.
One rush, two rush.
One o' my rush, two o'
One in a rush, two in
my rush.
a bush.
13.
-
-
-
14.
Pray thee, fine lady,
Please, young lady,
Pretty my lady, pop
come under my bush.
creep under the
under the bush.
_briar_ bush.
15.
-
-
-
16.
-
-
-
17.
-
-
-
18.
-
-
-
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No.
Fochabers (Scotland).
Hamps.h.i.+re.
Northants.
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1.
Draw a bucket o'
Drawing a bucket of
Draw a pail of water.
water.
water.
2.
-
-
-
3.
-
-
-
4.
For a lady's daughter.
For my lady's
For a lady's daughter.
daughter.
5.
-
-
-
6.
-
Put it in a chestnut
-
tree.
7.
-
Let it stay an hour.
-
8.
-
-
-
9.
-
-
-
10.
-
-
-
11.
-
-
-
12.
One and a hush, two
One of you rush, two
-
and a rush.
may rush.
13.
-
-
Give a silver pin for
a golden ring.
14.
Please, young lady,
Please, old woman man,
Pray, young lady, pop
come under my bush.
creep under the bush.
under.
15.
-
The bush is too high,
-
the bush is too low.
16.
-
Please, old woman,
-
creep under the bush.
17.
-
-
-
18.
-
-
-
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No.
Norfolk (1).
Norfolk (2).
Haydon.
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1.
Draw a bucket of
Draw a bucket of
Draw a bucket of
water.
water.
water.
2.
-
-
-
3.
-
-
-
4.
For my lady's
For the farmer's
For my lady's
daughter.
daughter.
daughter.
5.
-
-
-
6.
-
-
-
7.
-
-
-
8.
-
-
-
9.
-
-
-