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THE BAPTIST GAME. This is quite a popular game, and generally creates merriment.

A row of couples, with an odd player at the head, march round, singing heartily:

Come, all ye young men, In your e -- vil ways, And sow your wild oats In your youth -- ful days: You shall be hap -- py, You shall be hap -- py When you grow old.

The night is far spent, And the day's coming on, So give us your arm, And we'll jog along: You shall be happy, You shall be happy When you grow old."

At the sudden close of the song there is a grand rush and change of partners.

POP GOES THE WEASEL. Taking partners, form in two lines, ladies opposite gentlemen. The couple at the top begin the figure, and run forward within the line and back again, each occupying four bars of the music, and then without the line and back again during the same interval.

Then they form a round of three, with one of the couple next them on the line, and turn once round to the right and once to the left, at the end of which making the one they have chosen pass all, singing, "Pop Goes the Weasel." They then turn quickly to the other line and repeat the same figure with the partner of the last selected.

After this they have to run forward and backward inside and outside the line, and repeat the figure with the next couple on the right and left. When they have passed three or four couples, the lady and gentleman at the top begin, and repeat the same figure, and so on, in turn, for all those who remain.

It is understood that after having passed the third or fourth couple, it is not necessary to go to the top in order to pass to the outside of the line; this is done by 119