CCCCXII.

[I do not know whether the following may have reference to the game of handy-dandy, mentioned in 'King Lear,' act iv, sc. 6, and in Florio's 'New World of Words,' 1611, p. 57.]

Handy Spandy, Jack-a-dandy, Loved plum-cake and sugar-candy; He bought some at a grocer's shop, And out he came, hop, hop, hop.

CCCCXIII.

Tiddle liddle lightum, Pitch and tar; Tiddle liddle lightum, What's that for?

Sing jigmijole, the pudding-bowl, The table and the frame; My master he did cudgel me For speaking of my dame.

Deedle, deedle, dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his trowsers on; One shoe off, the other shoe on, Deedle, deedle, dumpling, my son John.