Page:Carroll - Rhyme and Reason.djvu/214

198 Out spake the boy in buttons
 * (I ween he wasna thin),

"Now wha will tae the parlour gae,
 * And stay this deadlie din?"

And they have taen a kerchief,
 * Casted their kevils in,

For wha should tae the parlour gae,
 * And stay that deadlie din.

When on that boy the kevil fell
 * To stay the fearsome noise,

"Gae in," they cried, "whate'er betide,
 * Thou prince of button-boys!"

Syne, he has taen a supple cane
 * To swinge that dog sae fat:

The doggie yowled, the doggie howled
 * The louder aye for that.

Syne, he has taen a mutton-bane—
 * The doggie ceased his noise,

And followed doon the kitchen stair
 * That prince of button-boys!