Recite the first (major) part of this chanted legend.
LITTLE HARRY HUGHES AND HIS SCHOOLFELLOWS ALL
WENT OUT FOR TO PLAY BALL.
AND THE VERY FIRST BALL LITTLE HARRY HUGHES PLAYED
HE DROVE IT O'ER THE JEW'S GARDEN WALL.
AND THE VERY SECOND BALL LITTLE HARRY HUGHES PLAYED
HE BROKE THE JEW'S WINDOWS ALL.
How did the son of Rudolph receive this first part?
With unmixed feeling. Smiling, a jew he heard with pleasure and saw the
unbroken kitchen window.
Recite the second part (minor) of the legend.
THEN OUT THERE CAME THE JEW'S DAUGHTER
AND SHE ALL DRESSED IN GREEN.
"COME BACK, COME BACK, YOU PRETTY LITTLE BOY,
AND PLAY YOUR BALL AGAIN."
"I CAN'T COME BACK AND I WON'T COME BACK
WITHOUT MY SCHOOLFELLOWS ALL.
FOR IF MY MASTER HE DID HEAR
HE'D MAKE IT A SORRY BALL."
SHE TOOK HIM BY THE LILYWHITE HAND
AND LED HIM ALONG THE HALL
UNTIL SHE LED HIM TO A ROOM
WHERE NONE COULD HEAR HIM CALL.
SHE TOOK A PENKNIFE OUT OF HER POCKET
AND CUT OFF HIS LITTLE HEAD.
AND NOW HE'LL PLAY HIS BALL NO MORE
FOR HE LIES AMONG THE DEAD.
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