30 JULY 1921, Page 15

AN OLD CHILDREN'S SONG.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Perhaps .what Mr. Meares refers to is a variant of what the boys of Malpas School used to rattle off :—

" Aldy-bildy-for-onty-koss; kio-for-knee-assti-koss, Alla-falla-gooee sikka-makka-toosh.

Sie-mun-airey-kill-kill-carey Sim-Sam-baminary-lick," &c., &c.