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What Shall We Do Now? 11
until at last, coming to the one he has marked down, he exclaims, " Dear me, this tastes just like my little girl." At these words the little girl in question jumps up and runs away, and all the other honey-pots run away too.
The players stand in two rows, facing each other and
holding hands. A line is drawn on the carpet (or ground)
between them. One row then step towards the other,
singing—
Here we come gathering nuts in May, nuts in May, nuts in May, Here we come gathering nuts in May, on a cold and frosty morning.
They then fall back and the other row advance to them, singing
in reply—
Pray, who will you gather for nuts in May, nuts in May, nuts in May ? Pray, who will you gather for nuts in May, on a cold and frosty morning ?
The first row, after settling on the particular player on the opposite side that they want, reply thus—
We'll gather Phyllis for nuts in May, nuts in May, nuts in May, We'll gather Phyllis for nuts in May, on a cold and frosty morning.
The other row then ask—
Pray, who will you send to fetch her away, fetch her away, fetch her away ? Pray, who will you send to fetch her away, on a cold and frosty morning ?
The answer perhaps is—
We're sending Arthur to fetch her away, fetch her away, fetch her away, We're sending Arthur to fetch her away, on a cold and frosty morning.
Arthur then steps up to the line on one side and Phyllis on the other, and each tries to pull the other over it. The one that loses has to join the other row, and the singing begins again.
All the players, except one, stand in a line. The other, who is the old soldier, then totters up to the end player, saying—
Here comes an old soldier from Botany Bay; Pray, what have you got to give him to-day ? |
Nuts in May. |
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Old soldier. |
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