3  訳 注
“I've got a lad and he's double double- jointed.
He gave me a kiss and made me disappointed.
He gave me another, to match the other −”
“My word, Marlene, I'll tell your mother!”

　4  訳 注
Quick! quick!
　The cat's been sick.
　
Where? where?
　Under the chair.
　
Hasten! hasten!
　Fetch the basin.
　
Alack! alack!
　It is too late,
The carpet's in
　An awful state.
　
No! no!
　It's all in vain,
For she has licked it
　Up again.

　5  訳 注
Oh dear me!
Mother caught a flea,
Put it in a tea-pot
And made a cup of tea.
When she put the milk in
The flea came to the top;
When she put the sugar in
The flea went POP!

　6  訳 注
It's raining, it's pouring,
　The old man's snoring.
He got into bed
　And bumped his head
And couldn't get up in the morning.

　7  訳 注
A bug and a flea
　Went out to sea
To fight the Spanish Armada.
The bug was drowned
　And the flea was found
On the back of a dirty old sailor.

　9  訳 注
There was a man who always wore
A saucepan on his head.
I asked him what he did it for −
“I don't know why,” he said.
“It always makes my ears so sore,
I am a foolish man.
I think I'll have to take it off,
And wear a frying pan.”

 10  訳 注
Thomas a Didymus, hard of belief,
Sold his wife for a pound of beef;
When the beef was eaten, good lack!
Thomas a Didymus wished her back.

 11  訳 注
Peter's Pop kept a lollipop shop,
And the lollipop shop kept Peter.

 12  訳 注
There were three ghostesses
Sitting on postesses
Eating buttered toastesses
And greasing their fistesses
Right up to their wristesses.
Weren't they beastesses
To make such feastesses!

 13  訳 注
I know a washerwoman, she knows me,
She invited me to tea.
Guess what we had for supper −
Stinking fish and bread and butter.

 14  訳 注
Patience is a virtue,
Virtue is a grace;
And Grace is a little girl
Who doesn't wash her face.
 

 16  訳 注
I was in the garden
A-picking of the peas.
I busted out a-laughing
To hear the chickens sneeze.

 17  訳 注
One bright September morning in
　the middle of July,
The sun lay thick upon the ground,
　the snow shone in the sky.
The flowers were singing gaily,
　the birds were full of bloom;
I went upstairs to the cellar
　to clean a downstairs room.
I saw ten thousand miles away
　a house just out of sight,
It stood alone between two more
　and it was black-washed white.

 18  訳 注
When I was a chicken
As big as a hen,
My mother hit me
And I hit her again;
My father came in,
And he ordered me out,
So I up with my fist
And I gave him a clout.
　
 19  訳 注
I asked my mother for fifty cents
To see the elephant jump the fence;
He jumped so high he reached the sky
And didn't come back till the Fourth of July.

 20  訳 注
Apples and oranges, four for a penny,
You're a good scholar to count so many.
E.O., down below,
Father and Mother and dirty Joe.
Joe went out to sell his eggs,
He met a man with painted legs,
Painted legs and crooked toes,
That's the way the money goes.

 22  訳 注
Donkey walks on four legs
　And I walk on two;
The last one I saw
　Was very like you.

 23  訳 注
You limb of a spider,
　You leg of a toad,
You little black devil,
　Get out of my road.

 24  訳 注
Tell her! smell her!
Kick her down the cellar.

Retaliation 口には口で
 25  訳 注
Sticks and stones
May break my bones,
But words will never hurt me.
[Reply to those calling one names]
　
 26  訳 注
What!　What!
Go to pot!
Cats' tails all hot,
You're an ass and I'm not.
[Reply to one continually saying “What?”]
　
 27  訳 注
Different people have different 'pinions;
Some like apples and some like inions.
[Reply to one who disagrees]

 28  訳 注
Any silly little soul
Easily can pick a hole.
[Reply to a fault-finder]

 29  訳 注
Sit on your thumb
Till more room do come.
[Reply to “Where shall I sit?”]

Reality 厳しい現実
 30  訳 注
All the girls in our town live a happy life,
　Except J. C. −
She wants a husband, a husband she shall have,
A dicky, dicky dandy, a daughter of her own.
Send her upstairs, put her to bed,
Send for the doctor before she is dead.
In comes the doctor, out goes the cat,
In comes Jimmie with his chimney hat.
I'm saucy, Jimmie says, I need a bonnie lassie.
　The rose is red,
　The violet's blue,
　Sugar is sweet,
　And so are you.
　If I stay
　Mother will say
　I'm playing with the boys
　Up the way.

 31  訳 注
House to let, enquire within,
Men turned out for drinking gin,
Smoking tobacco and pinching snuff.
Don't you think that's quite enough?

 32  訳 注
Lay the cloth, knife and fork,
Bring me up a leg of pork.
If it's lean, bring it in,
If it's fat, take it back,
Tell the old woman I don't want that.

 33  訳 注
Mother made a seedy cake −
Gave us all the belly ache.

 34  訳 注
Cease your chatter
And mind your platter.

 35  訳 注
It rains, it pains,
It patters, it docks,
It makes little ladies
Take up their white frocks.
The rain is done,
The wind is down;
Put on your best,
And go to town.

 36  訳 注
Vote, vote, vote for (Billy Martin),
　Chuck old (Ernie) out the door −
If it wasn't for the law
　I would punch him on the jaw,
And we don't want (Ernie) any more.
[Election song]

 38  訳 注
Lord be praised, my belly's raised
An inch above the table;
And I'll be blowed if I've not stowed
As much as I am able.

Riddles なぞなぞ
 39  訳 注
It is in the rock, but not in the stone;
It is in the marrow, but not in the bone;
It is in the bolster, but not in the bed;
It is not in the living, nor yet in the dead.

 40  訳 注
As I was going over London Bridge
　I met with a Westminster scholar.
He pulled off his cap an' drew off his glove,
　And wished me a very good morrow.
What was his name?

 41  訳 注
The land was white,
　The seed was black;
It'll take a good scholar
　To riddle me that.

 42  訳 注
Brothers and sisters have I none,
But that man's father is my father's son.

 44  訳 注
Truth, Truth, nobody's daughter,
Took off her clothes
And jumped into the water.

 45  訳 注
Moses supposes his toeses are roses,
But Moses supposes erroneously.
For Moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses,
As Moses supposes his toeses to be.

 46  訳 注
Piggy on the railway, picking up stones,
Up came an engine and broke Piggy's bones.
“Oh!” said Piggy, “that's not fair.”
“Oh!” said the driver, “I don't care.”

 47  訳 注
Nellie Bligh caught a fly
Going home from school,
Put it in a hot mince pie
Waiting by to cool.

 48  訳 注
Sam, Sam, dirty old man,
Washed his face in a frying pan,
Combed his hair with a leg of a chair,
Sam, Sam, dirty old man.

School Law 学校の掟
 49  訳 注
My finger's wet,
　My finger's dry,
God strike me dead
　If I tell a lie.
Touch my heart,
　Touch my knee,
This shall for ever
　A secret be.
[Binding oath]

 50  訳 注
Hangy Bangy cut my throat
At ten o'clock at night;
Hang me up, hang me down,
Hang me all about the town.
[Another oath]

 51  訳 注
A nip for new,
Two for blue,
Sixteen
For bottle green.
[Punishment for wearing new clothes]

 52  訳 注
Order in the gallery!
　Silence in the pit!
The people in the boxes
　Can't hear a bit.
[Call for silence]

 53  訳 注
I built my house, I built my walls,
I don't care where my chimney falls.
[Warning cry, when throwing something up in the air]

 54  訳 注
“Here stands a fist.”
　“Who put it there?”
“A better man than you, sir!
　Touch it, if you dare.”
[Challenge to a fight]

 55  訳 注
The moon shines bright
　And the stars give a light.
We'll see to kiss a pretty lass
　At ten o'clock at night.
[Gang cry]

 56  訳 注
It's time, I believe,
　For us to get leave:
The little dog says
　It isn't, it is, it isn't, it is ...
[To decide whether schooltime is over]

 58  訳 注
I went down town
To meet Mrs Brown.
She gave me a nickel
To buy a pickle;
The pickle was sour,
I bought me a flower;
The flower was yellow,
I bought me a fellow;
The fellow was sick,
I gave him a kick,
And that is the end
Of my arithmetic.

 59  訳 注
Moses was a holy man,
Children he had seven,
He thought he'd hire a donkey cart
And drive them all to heaven.
On the road he lost his way,
He thought he knew it well,
He overturned the donkey cart
And landed them in ----.

 60  訳 注
The rain it raineth all around
Upon the just and unjust fella;
But chiefly on the just because
The unjust stole the just's umbrella.
　
 61  訳 注
Hi-tiddley-i-ti, brown bread!
I saw a sausage fall down dead.
Up came a butcher with a great big knife,
Up jumped the sausage and ran for his life −
Hi-tiddley-i-ti, brown bread!

 62  訳 注
Oh the grey cat piddled in the white cat's eye,
The white cat said, “Cor blimey!”
“I'm sorry, Sir, I piddled in your eye,
I didn't know you was behind me.”

 63  訳 注
Tom tied a kettle to the tail of a cat;
Jill put a stone in the blind man's hat;
Bob threw his grandmother down the stairs −
And they all grew up ugly and nobody cares.

Teasing and Repartee からかいと即答の妙
 64  訳 注
“Have you got a sister?”
“The beggarman kissed her!”
“Have you got a brother?”
“He's made of indiarubber!”
“Have you got a baby?”
“It's made of bread and gravy!”

 65  訳 注
I wouldn't be you
　For half a crown,
You kissed a lady
　And knocked her down.
[To make a boy blush]

 66  訳 注
“What's your name?”
“Butter and tame.
If you ask me again
I'll tell you the same.”

 67  訳 注
Tit for tat,
Butter for fat,
If you kill my dog
I'll kill your cat.

 68  訳 注
I beg your pardon,
Grant your grace;
I hope the cows
Will spit in your face.

 69  訳 注
A cat may look at a king.
A man may look at his brother.
You may look at an ugly thing
And we all may look at each other.
[To someone who doesn't like being stared at]

 71  訳 注
Eggs, butter, cheese, bread,
　Stick, stock, stone dead.
Stick him up, stick him down,
　Stick him in the old man's crown.

 72  訳 注
As Eenty Feenty Halligolun
The cat went out to get some fun.
He got some fun and tore his skin
As Eenty Feenty Halligolin.

 73  訳 注
Onery, twoery,
　Ziccary zan,
Hollow bone, crack-a-bone,
　Ninery, ten.
Spit, spot,
　It must be done.
Twiddlum, twaddlum,
　Twenty-one.
　
 74  訳 注
ONE
　 TWO
　　　THREE
　　　　 FOUR
　　　　　　FIVE
　　　　　　　 SIX
　　　　　　　　　SEVEN
All good children go to heaven.
Penny on the water, tuppence on the sea,
　Threepence on the railway, and out goes SHE.

Game Rhymes 遊び唄
 75  訳 注
Up the ladder and down the wall,
Penny an hour will serve us all.
You buy butter and I'll buy flour,
And we'll have a pudding in half an hour.
With −
salt,
mustard,
vinegar,
pepper.
[Skipping]

 76  訳 注
Half a pint of porter,
　Penny on the can.
Hop there and back again
　If you can.
[Hopping]

 77  訳 注
Mother, Mother, I am ill!
Send for the doctor!　Yes, I will.
Doctor, Doctor, shall I die?
Yes, my child, and so shall I.
When I die pray tell to me,
How many coaches will there be?
One, two, three, four ...
　
All: Then we're respectable.
[Skipping]

 78  訳 注
Cold meat, mutton pies,
Tell me when your mother dies.
I'll be there to bury her −
Cold meat, mutton pies.
[Skipping]

 79  訳 注
Not last night but the night before,
Twenty-four robbers
Came knocking at the door.
As I ran out to let them in
This is what they said to me:
　
Spanish lady turn right round,
Spanish lady touch the ground,
Spanish lady do the high kicks,
Spanish lady do the splits.
[Skipping]

 80  訳 注
Black currant, red currant, raspberry tart,
Tell me the name of your sweetheart.
　A, B, C, D ...
[Skipping]
　
 81  訳 注
I went to my father's garden,
And found an Irish farthing.
I gave it to my mother
To buy a baby brother.
My brother was so nasty,
I baked him in a pasty,
The pasty wasn't tasty
So I threw it over the garden wall,
I threw it over the garden wall.
　Die once!
　　Die twice!
Die thee times and never no more,
And never − no − more!
[Swinging]

 82  訳 注
Mademoiselle
She went to the well,
She didn't forget
Her soap and towel.
She washed her hands,
She wiped them dry,
She said her prayers,
She jumped up high.
[Ball against wall]

 83  訳 注
Tid, mid, misere,
Carling, palm, paste-egg day.
Sister Sarah died in sin;
Dig a hole and put her in.
Dig it deep and dig it narrow,
Dig it like a wheel-barrow.
Set a cup upon a rock,
Mark me one-O-pot.
［Hopscotch］

 84  訳 注
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,
Hold the horse till I leap on;
When I leapt on I couldn't ride,
I fell off and broke my side.
[Riding piggy-back]

 86  訳 注
Adam and Eve and Pinch-me
Went down to the river to bathe;
Adam and Eve were drowned,
Who d'you think was saved?

 87  訳 注
I went up one pair of stairs.
　Just like me.
I went up two pairs of stairs.
　Just like me.
I looked out of the window.
　Just like me.
And there I saw a monkey.
　Just like me.

 88  訳 注
I'll go to A.
　I'll go to B.
I'll go to C.
　I'll go to D.
I'll go to E.
　I'll go to F.
I'll go to G
　I'll go to H.
I'll go to I.
　I'll go to J.
I'll go to K.
　I'll go to L.

Guile - Innocent 知恵−罪のない
 89  訳 注
Charles the First walked and talked
Half an hour after his head was cut off.
[Punctuation is important!]

 90  訳 注
Every lady in the land
Has twenty nails upon each hand
Five and twenty on hands and feet;
All this is true without deceit.
[More punctuation]

  91  訳 注
Infir taris,
Inoak noneis.
Inmud eelsare,
Inclay noneare.
Mareseat oats,
Goatseativy.
　

More Insults もっと罵詈雑言
 92  訳 注
He that loves Glass without G
Take away L and that is he.

 93  訳 注
　Robinson one,
　Robinson two,
Biggest monkeys in the zoo.

 94  訳 注
Red, white, and blue,
I don't speak to you.

 95  訳 注
Birds of a feather flock together,
And so do pigs and swine;
Rats and mice will have their choice,
And so will I have mine.

 97  訳 注
Caroline Pink, she fell down the sink,
She caught the Scarlet Fever,
Her husband had to leave her.
She called in Doctor Blue
And he caught it too −
Caroline Pink from China Town.

 98  訳 注
Nebuchadnezzar the King of the Jews
Sold his wife for a pair of shoes;
When the shoes began to wear
Nebuchadnezzar began to swear;
When the shoes got worse and worse
Nebuchadnezzar began to curse;
When the shoes were quite worn out
Nebuchadnezzar began to shout.

 99  訳 注
Annie ate jam,
Annie ate jelly.
Annie went to bed
With a pain in her belly.
　
100  訳 注
Who are you?　A dirty old man.
I've always been so since the day I began.
Mother and Father were dirty before me,
Hot and cold water has never come o'er me.

101  訳 注
Mary Pary Pinder
Peeped through the winder;
Mother come
And smacked her bum
And cut her little finger.

Verbal Fun 言葉遊び
102  訳 注
I scream,
　You scream,
We all scream
　For ice-cream.

103  訳 注
I slit a sheet,
A sheet I slit,
A new beslitten sheet was it.
[A trick tongue-twister]

104  訳 注
Pease-porridge hot, pease-porridge cold,
Pease-porridge in the pot − nine days old.
　Spell me that in four letters.

105  訳 注
To a semi-circle add a circle,
　The same again repeat,
Add to these a triangle
　And then you'll have a treat.

106  訳 注
“What's your name?”
　“Mary Jane.”
“Where do you live?”
　“Womber Lane.”
“What do you do?”
　“Keep a school”
“How many scholars?”
　“Twenty-two.”
“How many more?”
　“Twenty-four”
“What's your number”
　“Cucumber.”
[Quick-fire dialogue]

107  訳 注
Railroad Crossing − Look out for the cars!
　Can you spell that without any “R”s?

108  訳 注
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck,
If a woodchuck could chuck wood.
[A tongue-twister]
　

Book Protection 本を守る言葉
109  訳 注
Steal not this book for fear of shame,
For in it is the owner's name;
And if this book you chance to borrow,
Return it promptly on the morrow.
Or when you die the Lord will say,
Where's that book you stole away −
And if you say you do not know,
The Lord will answer, Go below!

110  訳 注
If this book should chance to roam −
Box its ears and send it home.

111  訳 注
Do not steal this book, my lad,
　For lots of money it cost my dad;
And if he finds you, he will say,
　“Go to Boston gaol today!”

112  訳 注
This book is one thing,
My fist is another;
Steal not the one
For fear of the other.

113  訳 注
Who folds a leaf down,
The devil toast brown;
Who makes mark or blot,
The devil toast hot;
Who steals this book
The devil shall cook.

115  訳 注
If my name you wish to see
　Look on page one-five-three.

116  訳 注
By hook or by crook
　I'll be last in this book.

117  訳 注
By pen or by paint
　I'll see that you ain't.

118  訳 注
By the aid of my quill
　I'll be hanged if you will.

120  訳 注
Is ab ile heres ergo,
　Fortibus es in ero.
Nobile themis trux,
　Se vatacinum − pes an dux.

　121-123 Variations on a Theme １２１〜１２３主題による変奏曲
121  訳 注
Amo, amas,
　I had a little lass;
Amas, amat,
　And it grew very fat;
Amat, amamus,
　It grew very famous;
Amamus, amatis,
　I fed it on potatoes;
Amatis, amant,
　But it died of want.

122  訳 注
　Amo, amas,
I loved a lass, and she was tall and slender.
Sweet cowslip's grace,
Her nominative case,
And she's of the feminine gender.
Horum scorum, sunt divorum,
Harum scarum dyvo,
Sing song merry diggle, periwig and hat band,
Hic, haec, horum, genitivo.

123  訳 注
Amo, amas,
　I love a lass;
Amamus, amatis,
　How sad her fate is.

124  訳 注
Ego sum,
　I am,
Parvus homo,
　a little man,
Aptus ludere,
　ready to play,
Totam diem,
　all the day,
In gramine,
　on the grass,
Cum puella,
　with a lass.

125  訳 注
　Sum −
I am a gentleman;
　Es −
thou art a fool;
　Est −
he is a crocodile sitting on a stool.
　
　Roman Rulers 羅馬の元老
126  訳 注
Julius Caesar, the Roman geezer,
Squashed his wife in a lemon squeezer.

127  訳 注
Julius Caesar said with a smile
　“1760 yards in a mile.”
Said Julius Caesar before the massacre
　“4840 square yards in an acre.”

128  訳 注
Julius Caesar made a law,
　Augustus Caesar signed it,
That every one that made a sneeze
　Should run away and find it.

129  訳 注
Greek Alphabet
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta,
　Knock the old witch down and pelt 'er.
Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta,
　Pick her up again and beat 'er.
　
　Funny French 巫山戯た仏蘭西語
130  訳 注
　Je suis −
I am a pot of jam;
　Tu es −
thou art a fool;
　Il est −
he is the biggest ass
That ever went to school.

131  訳 注
　Je suis −
I am a pot of jam;
　Tu es −
thou art a juicy fart.

132  訳 注
Twentieth-Century Alphabet
A for 'orses　[hay for horses]
B for mutton　[beef or mutton]
C for yourself　[see for yourself]
D for dumb　[deaf or dumb]
E for brick　[heave a brick]
F for vescence　[effervescence]
G for police　[chief of police]
H for retirement　[age for retirement]
I for tower　[Eiffel tower]
J for oranges　[Jaffa oranges]
K for teria　[cafeteria]
L for leather　[hell for leather]
M for sis　[emphasis]
N for dig　[infra dig]
O for the garden wall　[over the garden wall]
P for comfort　[pee for comfort]
Q for a bus　[queue for a bus]
R for mo　[arf a mo]
S for you　[as for you]
T for two　[tea for two]
U for mism　[euphemism]
V for la France　[vive la France]
W for tune　[double your fortune]
X for breakfast　[eggs for breakfast]
Y for husband　[wife or husband]
Z for breezes　[zephyr breezes]

On Some Famous Teachers さる高名な先生方について
133  訳 注
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell,
The reason why I cannot tell;
But this I know, and know full well,
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell.
[Dr John Fell, 1625-1686
Dean of Christ Church College, Oxford]

134  訳 注
Blessed be the memory
Of good old Thomas Sutton,
Who gave us lodging, learning,
As well as beef and mutton.
[Thomas Sutton, 1532-1611
Founder of Charterhouse, 1611]

135  訳 注
First come I; my name is Jowett,
There is no knowledge but I know it.
I am master of this college:
What I don't know isn't knowledge.
[Benjamin Jowett, 1817-1893
Master of Balliol College, Oxford]

136  訳 注
Miss Buss and Miss Beale
Cupid's darts do not feel;
How different from us
Miss Beale and Miss Buss.
[Miss Buss, 1827-1894, Principal of North London Collegiate School;
Miss Beale, 1831-1906, Principal of Ladies' College, Cheltenham]

Lamentation 悲歌
137  訳 注
Nobody loves me,
Everybody hates me,
Going in the garden
To − eat − worms.
　
Big fat juicy ones,
Little squiggly niggly ones.
Going in the garden
To − eat − worms.

138  訳 注
Latin is a dead tongue,
Dead as dead can be.
First it killed the Romans −
Now it's killing me.

139  訳 注
Multiplication is vexation,
　Division is as bad,
The Rule of Three doth puzzle me,
　And practice drives me mad.

140  訳 注
Moods and Tenses
　Bother my senses;
Adverbs, Pronouns,
　Make me roar.
Irregular Verbs
　My sleep disturb,
They are a regular bore.

141  訳 注
My head doth ache,
My hand doth shake,
　I have a naughty pen;
My ink is bad,
My pen is worse,
　How can I write well then?

143  訳 注
Give a thing, take it back,
Dance upon the Devil's back.
[For one who takes back a gift]

144  訳 注
Tomorrow come never
When two Sundays come together.
[Rebuke to a procrastinator]

145  訳 注
If “ifs” and “ans”
Were pots and pans,
There'd be no work for tinkers' hands.
[Rebuke for too much supposition]

Seasonal 折々のうた
　February 14th - Valentine's Day ２月14日−聖バレンタインの日　　
146  訳 注
Postman, Postman, at the gate,
Will you take this to my date?
Postman, Postman, for a laugh,
Do the tango up the path.
　
“Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
The shorter the skirt
The better the view.
　
Roses are red,
Cabbages are green,
If my face is funny,
Yours is a scream.”
　
　April 1st - All Fools' Day ４月１日−万愚節当日
147  訳 注
Fool, fool, April fool,
You learn nought by going to school.
[Said before midday]

148  訳 注
April fool's gone past,
You're the biggest fool at last;
When April fool comes again,
You'll be the biggest fool then.
[Said after midday]
　
　October 31st - Hallowe'en 10月31日−万聖節前夜
149  訳 注
This is the night of Hallowe'en
When the witches can be seen;
Some are red and some are green
And some are the colour of a turkey bean.

　November 5th - Guy Fawkes' Day 11月５日−ガイ・フォークスの日
150  訳 注
Guy, guy, guy!
Stick him up on high;
Hang him on a lamp-post
And leave him there to die.
　
151  訳 注
　Please to remember
　The Fifth of November,
　Gunpowder treason and plot;
　I know no reason
　Why gunpowder treason
　Should ever be forgot.
Ladies and Gentlemen you'll never grow fat,
If you don't put a penny in the old Guy's hat.
　
　December - Carol Singers 12月−門づけをする人たち
152  訳 注
Knock at the knocker,
　Ring at the bell,
Give us a copper
　For singing so well.

153  訳 注
Christmas is coming
　And the geese are getting fat,
　　Please put a penny in the old man's hat,
If you haven't got a penny,
　A ha'penny will do,
　　If you haven't got a ha'penny -
　　　God bless you!

Contempt 侮辱
154  訳 注
Tell tale tit,
Your tongues shall be slit,
And every little dog in town
Shall have a little bit.
[For sneaks]

155  訳 注
Cry, baby, cry,
Stick a finger in your eye,
And tell your mother it wasn't I.
[For cry babies]

156  訳 注
Cowardy, cowardy, custard,
Can't eat bread and mustard.
[For those who run away]

157  訳 注
Sluggardy-guise,
Loth to go to bed,
And loth to rise.
[For the lazy]

158  訳 注
Liar, liar, lick spit,
Turn about the candlestick.
What's good for liars?
Brimstone and fires.
[For the fibber]

159  訳 注
Trim, Tran,
Like master, like man.
[For the copy-cat]

160  訳 注
Dicky, Dicky Dout,
Your shirt's hanging out,
Four yards in, and five yards out.
[For the badly dressed]

162  訳 注
To the Snow
Snow, snow faster,
The cow's in the pasture.
　
Snow, snow, give over,
The cow's in the clover.

163  訳 注
To the Snail
Snail, snail, come out of your hole,
Or else I'll beat you as black as a coal.

164  訳 注
To the Ladybird
Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home.
Your house is on fire, your children all gone.
　
165  訳 注
To the Crow
Crow, crow, get out of my sight,
Or else I'll have your liver and light.

166  訳 注
To the Seagull
Seagull, seagull, sit on the sand,
It's never good weather when you're inland.

167  訳 注
To the Puss Moth
Millery, millery, dustipole,
How many sacks have you stole?
Four and twenty and a peck,
Hang the miller up by his neck.

170  訳 注
Good night, sweet repose;
Half the bed and all the clothes.

171  訳 注
Good night and sweet repose,
　I hope the fleas will bite your nose;
And every bug as big as a bee
　And then you'll have good company.

173  訳 注
This time tomorrow, where shall I be?
　Not in this academy!
　
No more Latin, no more French,
　No more sitting on a hard school bench.
　
No more dirty bread and butter,
　No more water from the gutter.
　
No more maggots in the ham,
　No more yukky bread and jam.
　
No more milk in dirty old jugs,
　No more cabbage boiled with slugs.
　
No more spiders in my bath,
　Trying hard to make me laugh.
　
No more beetles in my tea,
　Making googly eyes at me.
　
No more things to bring us sorrow,
　'Cos we won't be here tomorrow.
　

174  訳 注
F for Finny
I for Inny
N for Nicklebrandy
I for Isaac painter's wife
S for sugar candy