A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes/Girls and Boys come out to Play

by Sabine Baring-Gould

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LXV. GIRLS AND BOYS COME OUT TO PLAY

 

Girls and boys come out to play,
The moon doth shine as bright as day;
Leave your supper and leave your sleep,
And come to your playfellows in the street.
Come with a whoop, and come with a call,
Come with a good will or not at all.
Up the ladder and down the wall,
A penny loaf it will serve us all.
You find milk, and I'll find flour,
And we'll have a pudding in half an hour.