23 JULY 1921, Page 16

AN OLD CHILDREN'S SONG.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sta,—Can any of your readers tell me where to find the follow- ing old song? I heard it years ago when I was working in a children's hospital in Southwark, and have forgotten every- thing but the refrain which comes at the end of each verse, and is as follows:— " Kymenaro kilt a karo Kymenaro, kymie Pim strim, strummadiddle larra-bona-rind-ding, With a ring dum, bullidimie, kimie."

The spelling is strictly phonetic, as I have never seen it written, and I fancy it is West Country.—I am, Sir, &c.,