The Poetry Corner

Nursery Rhyme. CCCLIX. Games.

By Unknown

[The following lines are said by the nurse when moving the child's foot up and down.] The dog of the kill,[*] He went to the mill To lick mill-dust: The miller he came With a stick on his back, - Home, dog, home! The foot behind, The foot before: When he came to a stile, Thus he jumped o'er. [Footnote *: That is, kiln.]