Chapter CCLXXIX

Dance, Thumbkin, dance,
[_Keep the thumb in motion._
Dance, ye merrymen, every one:
[_All the fingers in motion._
For Thumbkin, he can dance alone,
[_The thumb only moving_.
Thumbkin, he can dance alone,
[_Ditto._
Dance, Foreman, dance,
[_The first finger moving._
Dance, ye merrymen, every one;
[_The whole moving._
But Foreman, he can dance alone,
Foreman, he can dance alone.

[and So on With the Others--naming the 2d Finger Longman--the
3d Finger Ringman--and the 4th Finger Littleman. Littleman
Cannot Dance Alone.]