 Thro' bogs, thro' brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meete them like a man ; Sometimes, an ox, sometimes, a hound ; And to a horse I turn me can ; To trip and...  Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our ... - Page 292by John Brand - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 236 pages
...delight lies in misleading those who are returning home from graceless visits : — " Sometimes I meet them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round : Bat if to ride, my back they stride, More swift than wind away I go ; O'er hedge... | |
 | 1851 - 362 pages
...uaseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play aome tricke And frolicke it, with ho, ho, ho ! 30 Sometimes I meete them like a man , Sometimes, an...sometimes, a hound ; And to a horse I turn me can ; Тч trip and trot ahout them round. Hut if, to ride, 35 My hacke they stride, Stufe swift than winde... | |
 | Boys - 1852 - 466 pages
...with them I go. All in the nick To play some trick, And frolie it, with ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meet them like a man ; Sometimes an ox ; sometimes a hound And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round, But if, to ride, My back they stride, More swift than wind away I go, O'er hedge... | |
 | Jabez Allies - 1852 - 534 pages
...with them I go ; I call upon Them to come on. And slide out laughing ho, ho, ho f " Sometimes I meet them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turn me can J, To trip and trot about them round ; But if, to ride, My back they stride, More swift than wind away... | |
 | George Willis - 1853 - 322 pages
...on, And wend me laughing Ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes 1 meet them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes an hound, And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round ; But if to ride, My back they stride, More swift than wind away I go, O'er hedge... | |
 | John Brand - 1854 - 560 pages
...voice I greete And call them on, with me to roame Thro' woods, thro' lakes, Thro' bogs, thro' brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke...hound ; And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round. But if to ride, My backe they stride, More swift than wind away I go ; Ore hedge... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 482 pages
...voice I greete, And call them on with me to roome. Thro' woods, thro' lakes, Thro' bogs, thro' brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke, To play some tricke, And frolick it with ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meete them like a man ; Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound,... | |
 | G. WILLIS - 1854
...on, And wend me laughing Ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meet them like a man, Sometimes an ox, gometimes an hound, And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round ; But if to ride, My back they stride, More swift than wind away I go, O'er hedge... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1855 - 170 pages
...greete, And call them on with me to roame, Through woods, through lakes, Through bogs, through brakes, Or else unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke...hound; And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round. But if to ride My back they stride, More swift than wind away I go; O'er hedge and... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 510 pages
...voice I greete, And call them on with me to roame. Thro' woods, thro' lakes, Thro' bogs, thro' brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke, To play some tricke, And frolick it with ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meete them like a man ; Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound,... | |
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