Folklore: Nursery rhymes :)

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: PJ
Date: 23 Aug 99 - 12:26 AM

Hey!

I tried to create breaks after each line in that last posting by typing a "b" in between the left and right... um... pointy things. (Am I losing ya in techinical jargon?)

Instead I got no line breaks and suddenly I was speaking in bold print. What happened?

If this is some kinda incantation, it could actually come in handy. Just think, if I was feeling shy all I'd have to do is say "B IN THE POINTY THINGS!" and suddenly all my inhibitions would disappear and I'd speak boldly.

"B IN THE POINTY THINGS!" Boss, I want a raise. "B IN THE POINTY THINGS!" Honey, I wrecked the car. "B IN THE POINTY THINGS!" Hey, would you control your obnixious child for heaven's sake?

Wow, this could be great.

pj

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: PJ
Date: 23 Aug 99 - 12:13 AM

How about...

A little bird with a yellow bill Hopped upon my window sill I lured him in with crumbs of bread And bashed him on his crummy head. (Aaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnn.)

:) pj :)

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: Margo
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 11:59 PM

AnnaP, I've never thought you were nasty! Margarita

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From:
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 10:43 PM

Many years ago, I taught in an inner, inner city school. A brand new English teacher came in as a sub for the class next door to mine, and read them the poem, "The Owl and the Pussycat." He never substituted there again...

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: j0_77
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 08:42 PM

This thread oughter be framed and put on the mudcat tavern walls - :)

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: Murray on Saltspring
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 08:39 PM

And don 't forget:

Mary had a little lamb--

and wasn't the doctor surprised!!

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: annamill
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 05:10 PM

I thought it was "so Rover drove'er, cause he had a bone of his own" 'spaw.

Naughty annap ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: Barbara
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 02:29 PM

Mary had a little lamb (3X)
Now Mary's lamb is dead
And Mary takes her lamb to school(3X)
Between two slabs of bread

Anyone else sing "The Second Story Window"? As kids it kept us occupied for hours on car trips.
You simply take the first three lines of any nursery rhyme (or any song with the right meter, and there are a lot) and plug in "And he/she/they threw it/him/her out the window" for the fourth line. Thus:

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep
And can't tell where to find them
Leave them alone and they'll come home
And she threw them out the window
CHORUS:
The window, the window,
the second story window
Leave them alone and they'll come home
And she threw them out the window!

Tune is similar to "Ain't Gonna Rain No More". Variants of this involve singing every verse and nursery rhyme you can think of to either Shady Grove or "OOooeee, Ride Me High" that Bob Dylan song.
This is best done with kids, or adults after 2 a.m.(or maybe anytime here at Mudcat)>

Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: bill\sables
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 01:58 PM

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get the postman a letter But when she got there the cupboard was bare so they did it without, It was better

Cheers Bill

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: catspaw49
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 01:55 PM

In that case............

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard
To get her poor dog a bone.
But when she bent over, Rover came over,
And he had a bone of his own.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: annamill
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 01:33 PM

Margarita, I hope you didn't think I was being nasty to Banjer. I hope you didn't think that, Banjer. I was being funny. Though I have no great love the Diceman, I love his little nursery rhymes. I just forgot to put the ;-) **BG**. Sorry.

Love, annap

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: Banjer
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 01:32 PM

Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water,
Each had a dollar and a quarter,
When Jack and Jill came down the hill,
Jill had two dollars and fifty cents,
'Tain't water they went after!

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: Margo
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 01:14 PM

Banjer, that's my husband's style. Besides that he makes up the best nonsense syllables I've ever heard. He can't sing worth a darn, but he does sing to the kids and me.....

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: annamill
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 10:51 AM

Shall we go to Andrew Dice Clay?? Oh noooo.. Banjer!

Little Miss Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With silver bells, cockle shells, and one f**kin' petunia!

What a way to start a gentle morning. Where is my coffee??

Love, annap

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 09:21 AM

or Jack be quick Jack be nimble Jack jumped over A phallic symbol

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: Banjer
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 08:43 AM

Ok, I have refrained but that's over now....

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey,
Along came a spider, sat down beside her,
And aseked, "What's in the bowl, bitch?"

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: bill\sables
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 08:08 AM

Mary had a little lamb she also had a bear I've often seen her little lamb but I've never seen her bare Cheers Bill

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 03:59 AM

'Sclaw, I thought I recognized that style--Deck us all with Boston Charlie and Good King Sauerkraut, look out! on yo' feets unevern. Give a toot of the ol' possum for Good Old Walt Kelly! --seed

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: catspaw49
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 03:21 AM

Pick a pock of peach pits
Pockets full of pie.
420 blackbirds, baked til they fry.
Winnipeg was opened and burst upon a swing,
Wasn't that a dainty dish, was two by four the King.

........complimemnts of Pogo and Walt Kelly

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 01:00 AM

Mary had a little toad--
I know that's not tradition;
But the toad, you see, was once a lamb
Back before nuclear fission.

--seed

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: alison
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 12:43 AM

You will find plenty of nursery rhymes etc at Wonderful kids songs and rhymes site

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: Margo
Date: 22 Aug 99 - 12:32 AM

Haha, Bill.

Little Jack Horner sat in the corner extracting cube roots to infinity,
a task for all boys that will minimize noise, and maintain a more peaceful vicinity.

I thought it was Mary had a little lamb, a little pork, a little jam..............

Higglety pigglety my black hen, she lays eggs in the relative when!

Oh my, no wonder my kids are warped!

M

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: bill\sables
Date: 21 Aug 99 - 08:28 PM

Old King Cole was a merry old soul he played with his soldiers in bed But when he got tired of his majors and generals he played with his privates instead Cheers Bill

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: John Hindsill
Date: 21 Aug 99 - 07:35 PM

Mary had a little lamb,
Some chicken and some stew
She used to weigh one hundred pounds,
But now she's two-oh-two.

I love her twice as much now that there's twice as much of her to love.---John

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: McKnees
Date: 21 Aug 99 - 05:48 PM

Duckboots might remember this one. This old man he played one, he played nicknack on my thumb, With a nicknack paddy whack, give a dog a bone, This old man went rolling home.

This old man he played two, he played nicknack with my shoe. with a nicknack etc

this old man he played three, he played nickack on my knee. with a nicknack etc

This old man he played four,he played nicknack on my door. with a ni etc. Anyone any ideas where this one came from, I don't Knock Knee'd one.

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: McKnees
Date: 21 Aug 99 - 04:54 PM

Hi how about the cure for the plague.

Ringa ringa roses, a pocket full of poses, atishu, atishu,we all fall down.

couldn't figure out how you spell a sneeze.

Knock knee'd one.

Subject: Owl and the Pussycat
From: Joe Offer
Date: 21 Aug 99 - 04:46 PM

Click here for an illustrated rendition of Edward Lear's "Owl and the Pussycat." Explore all the links on the page, and you'll find some wonderful stuff.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: j0_77
Date: 21 Aug 99 - 02:28 PM

Thanx guys an gals - I must get some more of these - there is a theory floating around somewheres that nursery rhymes /lil kids 'play ground' rounds/songs are the source of all folk/tunes etc - Comments???

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: Peter T.
Date: 21 Aug 99 - 01:29 PM

Sounds like Mots d'heures gousse rames.
yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: Banjer
Date: 21 Aug 99 - 01:20 PM

NEWS FLASH

Hickory Dickory Doc,
Three mice ran up the clock
The clock struck one
But the other two escaped without injury!

Film at eleven

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: annamill
Date: 21 Aug 99 - 01:19 PM

Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the moon.

The little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon.

Love, annap

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From:
Date: 21 Aug 99 - 01:18 PM

I think it"s
"the little dog laughed to see such sport....
and the dish ran away with the spoon"

how's about?

The owl and the pussycat went to sea
in a beautiful pea-green boat

that's all I remember of that one...anyone got more?

My mom used to have an old album of these nursery rhymes done in song....

Subject: RE: BS: Nursery rhymes :)
From: Banjer
Date: 21 Aug 99 - 01:17 PM

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard,
To get her poor daughter a dress,
But when she got there, the cupboard was bare
And so is her daughter, I guess!

Subject: Nursery rhymes :)
From: j0_77
Date: 21 Aug 99 - 01:08 PM

'Hi diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle the cow jumped over the moon, and how the cat laughed to see such fun as the dog ran away with the spoon'
Is this right? Any one got some more