Get a dog to bark all night, etc.
Suppose the dog should meet a bone? etc.
Get a cock to crow all night, etc.
Here's a prisoner I have got, etc.
What's the prisoner done to you? etc.
Stole my hat and lost my keys, etc.
A hundred pounds will set him free, etc.
A hundred pounds he has not got, etc.
Off to prison he must go, etc.
Two of the tallest players represent a bridge by facing each other,
clasping hands, and holding them high for the others to pass under.
The other players, in a long line, each holding the other by the hand
or dress, pass under the arch while the verses are sung alternately
by the players representing the bridge and those passing under, those
forming the arch singing the first and alternate verses and the last
"Off to prison." As the words
"Here's a prisoner I have got,"
are sung, the players representing the bridge drop their arms around
the one who happens to be passing under at the time. The succeeding
verses are then sung to "Off to prison he must go." During this last
one the prisoner is led off to one side to a place supposed to be a
prison, and is there asked in a whisper or low voice to choose between
two valuable objects, represented by the two bridge players, who have
previously agreed which each shall represent, such as a "diamond
necklace" or a "gold piano.
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