"Here we go up, up, up,

And here we go down, down, downy;

Here we go backward and forward,

And here we go round, round, roundy."

Battledore and shuttlecock!

Hither, and thither, and yon:

Never a flight without a knock,

And so the world goes on.

Shuttlecock and battledore!

When will it all be done,—

The life of the buffet and beat be o'er,

And the life of the wings begun?