Rhymes and Jingles 193
to her that she prayed for—at any rate, not by the moon.
New moon, new moon, pray tell to me
Who my true lover is to be.—
The color of his hair,
The clothes he will wear,
And the day he’ll be wedded to me.
If before April first one boy tries to fool another, boy number two squelches the would-be fooler by saying,—
April fool's a-coming,
And you’re the biggest fool a-running.
If the attempt is made after April first, he says,—
April fool is past,
And you're the biggest fool at last.
A rhyme that does service for both occasions is this:—
Up the ladder, and down the tree,
You're a bigger fool than me.
a jingle for the baby’s feet
Shoe the old horse, shoe the old mare,
Drive a nail here, and drive a nail there;
But let the little nobby colt go bare,
