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| An appropriately fierce Black Ram... Steve F [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons |
"WHEN a child gets tired or a little out of temper, and he nurse wishes to amuse it, she dandles it on her knee, and sings -
"Vather and mawther
And uncle Jan,
Went to Market
Pin tap a black ram,
Off val'd vather,
Off val'd mawther,
And away raw'd
Uncle Jan ! !
And uncle Jan,
Went to Market
Pin tap a black ram,
Off val'd vather,
Off val'd mawther,
And away raw'd
Uncle Jan ! !
All up ! all up ! all up !
Eat the fat ram
And hang Uncle Jan !
All up ! all up ! all up !
Huraw for Uncle Jan !""
Hewett 1900
That's pretty sinister. I'll have to check that book out - Devon has some great folklore.
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Scott
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