Nursery Rhyme. CCLXXIX. Games.

    Dance, Thumbkin, dance,
                [Keep the thumb in motion.
    Dance, ye merrymen, every one:
                [All the fingers in motion.
    For Thumbkin, he can dance alone,
                [The thumb only moving.
    Thumbkin, he can dance alone,
                [Ditto.
    Dance, Foreman, dance,
                [The first finger moving.
    Dance, ye merrymen, every one;
                [The whole moving.
    But Foreman, he can dance alone,
    Foreman, he can dance alone.

        [and So on With the Others - naming the 2d Finger Longman - the 3d Finger Ringman - and the 4th Finger Littleman. Littleman Cannot Dance Alone.]

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXXV. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXCVII. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXXVI. Jingles.

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