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SEE-SAW

A HOUSEWIFE TO A NEIGHBOUR
H.
So you are out of tea, then, quite,
And out of candle for the night?

N.
And must be till the flood is down,
And I can go again to town.

H.
Come in, then, you shall have your share
Of anything that I can spare;
It would be hard if my good friends
Did me good turns, without amends.
At see-saw, see-saw, I and you
Would always make the fellow two.

N.
As we had pull'd the uppermost
Grey rail, out clear of post and post,
And on the middle bar would lay
Its even-weighted ends; to play
At see-saw, high, with springy toes,
And see-saw, low, with springy blows.

H.
And, so as you lift me, I'll try
To lift up you, if I am high;
Some evil day, if I let you
Fall down, why, I may tumble too.