Chapter 224 of 247 · 115 words · ~1 min read

DLXXXVI.

Hussy, hussy, where's your horse? Hussy, hussy, gone to grass! Hussy, hussy, fetch him home, Hussy, hussy, let him alone.

DLXXXVII.

Leg over leg, As the dog went to Dover; When he came to a stile, Jump he went over.

DLXXXVIII.

Rowsty dowt, my fire's all out, My little dame is not at home! I'll saddle my cock, and bridle my hen, And fetch my little dame home again! Home she came, tritty trot, She asked for the porridge she left in the pot; Some she ate and some she shod, And some she gave to the truckler's dog; She took up the ladle and knocked its head, And now poor Dapsy dog is dead!