The nursery rhyme Irene remembers is a traditional English counting game. More verses follow the one Irene recites to Wentworth:

Tinker, tailor,

Soldier, sailor,

Rich man, poor man,

Beggar-man, thief.

Tinker, Tailor,

Soldier, Sailor,

Gentleman, Apothecary,

Plough-boy, Thief.

A laird, a lord,

A richman, a thief,

A tailor, a drummer,

A stealer o' beef.

Lady, lady on the sea-shore,

She has children one to four,

The eldest one is twenty-four,

Then she shall marry a

Tinker, tailor . . . .

1. "Tinker Tailor". <http://ingeb.org/songs/tinkerta.html>.

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