Nursury rhymns

Subject: Nursury rhymns Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:23 pm

In britian we have a lot of nursury rhymns, does anywhere else have them and what is your favorite?

Mine is

What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice and all things nice.
What are little boys made of?
Slugs and snails and puppy dogs tails. (reminds me of my Zak!)

There is a welsh one I like and is just about the only welsh thing I can remember, please bear with the spelling, not sure how accurate it is!

Ach a vee, mochin dee
redeg lowr a tee mamgu

Which roughly translates to:

Uch! little pig
running down to grandmas house

Sounds much better than it reads, trust me

Catrin xx

Subject: Re: Nursury rhymns Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:00 pm

Am I the only person who likes nursury rhymns?

Come on they must be there in the back of your mind gathering dust

Subject: Re: Nursury rhymns Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:45 pm

Just for you, the UK version

Hey diddle diddle,The cat and the fiddle,The cow jumped over the moonThe little dog laughed to see such fun,And the dish ran away with spoon. Smile

I always liked this, and the graphics that went with it, not sure why though, never examined it. Huh?

Subject: Re: Nursury rhymns Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:46 pm

Found this on wiki, seems it might have UK origins

One theory is that this poem is a satire of a scandal during the time of Queen Elizabeth I. The cat is Elizabeth I and the dog is Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, whom she once referred to as her 'lap dog'.
It is also speculated that the 'dish' is a server at the royal court,
whereas the 'spoon' refers to a taste-tester. When these last two
secretly eloped, Elizabeth had them captured and confined to the Tower
of London.

Richard the iii might have some play in this as well

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Diddle_Diddle

I personally like the seasonal theory of when to plant your crops! Smile

Subject: Re: Nursury rhymns Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:54 am

I always liked Farmer in the Dell

The farmer in the dell,
The farmer in the dell,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The farmer in the dell.

The farmer takes a wife,
The farmer takes a wife,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The farmer takes a wife.

The wife takes a child,
The wife takes a child,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The wife takes a child.

The child takes a nurse,
The child takes a nurse,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The child takes a nurse.

The nurse takes the cow,
The nurse takes the cow,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The nurse takes the cow.

The cow takes a dog,
The cow takes a dog,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The cow takes a dog.

The dog takes a cat,
The dog takes a cat,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The dog takes a cat.

The cat takes a rat,
The cat takes a rat,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The cat takes a rat.

The rat takes the cheese,
The rat takes the cheese,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The rat takes the cheese.

The cheese stands alone,
The cheese stands alone,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The cheese stands alone.