A singing game
Lyrics:
To Beccles, to Beccles,
to buy a bunch of nettles.
Pray tell me, O Dame
what time by the clock?
Game: One child is the Dame [D] sits on the floor. The rest join hands forming a circle round her [C] and dancing, sing the song. And so on till she reaches, "Eleven going for twelve." After this the following questions are asked, with the replies
C. Where have you been?
D. To the wood.
C. What for?
D. To pick up sticks.
C. What for?
D. To light my fire.
C. What for?
D. To boil my kettle.
C. What for?
D. To cook some of your chickens.
The children then all run away as fast as they can, and the Dame tries to catch one of them. Whoever is caught is the next to personate the Dame [from rhymes.com]
Appears in: A Brownie's Dozen
