Hoppety hoppety ho!
Where shall the baby go?
Over dale and down,
To Limerick town,
And there shall the baby go.
Hoppety hoppety ho!
_How_ shall the baby go?
In a coach-and-seven,
With grooms eleven,
And so shall the baby go.
Hoppety hoppety ho!
_When_ shall the baby go?
In the afternoon,
By the light of the moon,
And then shall the baby go.
Hoppety hoppety ho!
_Why_ shall the baby go?
To dance a new jig,
And to buy a new wig,
And _that's_ why the baby shall go.