Draw a Pail of Water has a game that goes with it. Here's the 1st part of how it's played:
A string of children, hand in hand, stand in a row. A child (a) stands in front of them, as leader; two other children (b and c) hold hands and lift them to form an arch. The children sing..
Draw a pail of water,
For my lady's daughter;
My father's a king, and my mother's a queen,
My two little sisters are dressed in green,
Stamping grass and parsley,
Marigold leaves and daisies.
One rush! two rush!
Pray thee, fine lady, come under my bush.
Notes
2nd Part of Game: (a) passes by under the arch, followed by the whole string of children, the last of whom is taken captive by (b) and (c). The verses are repeated, until all are taken.
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Here's a slightly different version from The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith:
Draw a pail of water
For my lady's daughter;
My father's a king, and my mother's a queen,
My two little sisters are dressed in green,
Slumping grass and parsley,
Marigold leaves and daisies.
One rush! Two rush!
Pray thee, fine lady, come under my rush*.
*A rush is a dense growth of shrubs or plants.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
The illustration comes from Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose (1881). The game instructions are from The Nursery Rhyme Book, edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897).
