Sweeting). VII. The shepherd s dog lay on the hearth, And Bingo was his name O. B i n g o, Bi, n, g, o, Bi-n-g-o, And Bingo was his name O. --Eckington, Derbyshire (S. O. Addy). VIII. Pinto went to sleep one night, And Pinto was his name oh! P-i-n-t-o, P-i-n-t-o, And Pinto was his name oh. --Enbourne, Berks (Miss Kimber).
He huddles her, he cuddles her, He sits her on his knee; He says, My dear, do you love me? I love you, and you love me, And we shall be as happy As a bird upon a tree. The wife makes the pudding, And she makes it nice and soft-- In comes the husband and cuts a slice off. Tas-el-um, Tos-el-um, don t say Nay, For next Monday morning shall be our wedding day; The wife in the carriage, The husband in the cart. --Hampshire (from friend of Miss Mendham). II. All the boys in our town Leads a happy life, Excepting [Charley Allen], And he wants a wife; And a-courting he shall go Along with [girl s name], Because he loves her so. He kisses her, he cuddles her, He sets her on his knee, And says, My dearest darling, Do you love me? I love you and you love me; We ll both be as happy As birds on the tree. Alice made a pudding, She made it nice and sweet, Up came Charley, cut a slice off-- A slice, a slice, we don t say No; The next Monday morning the wedding goes (or is our wedding day ). I ve got knives and forks, I ve got plates and dishes, I ve got a nice young man, He breaks his heart with kisses. If poor Alice was to die, Wouldn t poor Charley, he _would_ cry.