Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidociuos!
Um diddle diddle, um diddle ay, Um diddle diddle, um diddle ay
Because I was afraid to speak when I was just a lad, My father gave me nose a tweak and told me I was bad But then one day I learned a word that saved me achin' nose, The biggest word you ever heard and this is how it goes:
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidociuos!
Um diddle diddle, um diddle ay, um diddle diddle, um diddle ay
He traveled all around the world and everywhere he went, He'd use his word and all would say "There goes a clever gent" When dukes and maharajas pass the time of day with me, I say my special word and then they ask me out to tea! oh!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidociuos
Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious, If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious,
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Um diddle diddle, um diddle ay, Um diddle diddle, um diddle ay
So when the cat has got your tongue there's no need for dismay, Just summon up this word and then you've got a lot to say. But better use it carefully or it might change your life, One night I said it to a girl and now she is my wife!
All around the cobbler's bench The monkey chased the weasel. The monkey thought 'twas all in fun, Pop! Goes the weasel.
A penny for a spool of thread, A penny for a needle. That's the way the money goes, Pop! Goes the weasel.
Rufus has the whooping cough, And Sally has the measles, And that's the way the doctor goes, Pop! Goes the weasel.
I am always looking through the websites on line, mainly for tunes for the nursery rhymes etc. I know the rhymes but not always have the tunes in my library. On my travels I came across this wonderful site:-
Momsview.com Children's Nursery Rhyme Fun House!
Do go and visit it as it has some wonderful things to look at. It takes a little time to sort out where everything is but well worth the expedition xxx Seli.
Old Favourites
The Beginning of what could be a few pages of Old Favourites, Does anyone know just how many nursery rhymes have been written. Diddily reckons thousands. So what I have done on this page is select a few action rhymes, mixed in with a few short and precious ones. Since time began I think Mothers and Fathers, Brothers and Sisters can remember the rhymes they heard when they were young, and on looking through the web pages I came across this lovely site by;
"Nursery Rhymes"
This is a site of nursery rhymes and silly stuff, all kid safe, There may also be links to other sites, all suitable for children. So I sent off an email to the site and found myself another Diddily, though of course she's not your Diddily, she is a Granny and she has agreed to let me use some of the rhyme pages she has already put together. I have incorporated a few of my own as well but I know you will love them all.
If you have any ideas do leave a message for me at dottido@hotmail.co.uk
Upon Paul's Steeple
Upon Paul's steeple stands a tree, As full of apples as may be. The little boys of London Town, they run with hooks to pull them down, and then they run from hedge to hedge, until they come to London Bridge.
A Man Of Words A man of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds; And when the weeds begin to grow, It's like a garden full of snow; And when the snow bigins to fall, It's like a bird upon the wall; And when the bird does fly, It's like an eagle in the sky; And when the sky begins to roar, It's like a lion at my door; And when the door begins to crack, It's like a stick across your back; And when your back begins to smart, It's like a penknife in your heart; And when your heart begins to bleed, You're dead, and dead, and dead, indeed.
Miss Molly's Dolly
Miss Molly had a dolly
Who was sick, sick, sick!
So she called for the doctor
To be quick, quick, quick.
The doctor came
With his bag and hat,
And he knocked on the door
With a rat-a-tat-tat.
He looked at the dolly And he shook his head, And he said, "Miss Molly, Put her straight to bed!"
He wrote on a paper
For a pill, pill, pill;
"I'll be back in the morning With my bill, bill, bill."
Mary had a pretty bird With feathers bright and yellow - Slender legs - upon my word - He was a pretty fellow.
COO
The dove says, Coo, What shall I do? It's hard, it's hard to keep my two. Pooh, sas the wren, Why, I've got ten And keep them all like gentlemen!
NUTS The leaves are green, the nuts are brown, They hang so high they will not come down; Leave them alone till frosty weather, Then they will all come down together.
WINTER Cold and raw the north wind doth blow, Bleak in the morning early; All the hills are covered with snow, And winter's now come fairly.
Old Abram Brown
Old Abram Brown is dead and gone. You'll never see him more; He used to wear a long brown coat, That buttoned down before.
And That's All
There was an old man, And he had a calf, And that's half; He took him out of the stall, And put him on the wall, And that's all.
The Elves' Dance Round about, round about In a fair ring - a, Thus we dance, thus we dance And thus we sing - a, Trip and go, to and fro Over this green - a, All about, in and out, For our brave Queen - a.
Investigation
has shown that there was an 'Abram Brown' who settled in the “Town of
Eldena” in 1849 on land belonging to the Illinois Central Railroad. No
other information is available, nor is it clear whether Abram Brown was
one and the same man as in the Nursery Rhyme.
The picture of North
Queen Street in Pennsylvania seemed to capture the idea of a railway in
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AWAY IN A MANGER Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where He lay, The Little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
The cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus no crying He makes. I love Thee, Lord Jesus! look down from the sky, And stay by my side until morning is nigh.
A Wiki wonder.... Away in a Manger" was first published in an 1885 Lutheran Sunday School book by James R. Murray (March 7, 1841 - March 10, 1905), but the author of the first two stanzas is unknown. There are at least two major melodies for the song: one, "Cradle Song"[1], more commonly encountered in Britain; the other, "Mueller"[2], more commonly found in the USA. The tune commonly used in Britain was written by William J. Kirkpatrick and was first published in 1895. The tune commonly used in the US was written by James R. Murray and first published in 1887. It is certain that stanza three was added in 1904 by Dr. John McFarland of New York City.
Some have attributed the song to Martin Luther himself. The confusion may have began because Murray published it with the subtitle "Luther's Cradle Hymn (Composed by Martin Luther for his children and still sung by German mothers to their little ones)."
The carol is associated with the tune "Mueller" in some churches and with the tune "Cradle Song" in others. In 2004, John Tavener composed a new setting for the words. This setting was performed at the service of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College, Cambridge in 2005.
SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE
Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye;
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing; Was not that a dainty dish to set before the king?
The King was in his countinghouse, counting out his money;
The Queen was in the parlor eating bread and honey.
The maid was in the garden, hanging out the clothes;
When along came a blackbird and snipped off her nose!
There was such a commotion that little Jenny Wren
Flew down into the garden and popped it on again!
I'm playing with a baby bumblebee,
Won't my mummy be so proud of me,
I'm playing with a baby bumblebee,
Ouch! It stung me! (Spoken as she claps her hands together)
I'm squishing up the baby bumblebee,
Won't my mummy be so proud of me,
I'm squishing up the baby bumblebee,
Ooh! It's yucky! (Spoken she licks her hands clean)
I'm licking off the baby bumblebee,
Won't my mummy be so proud of me, I'm licking off the baby bumblebee
Yuck! I feel sick (Spoken)
Throwing up the baby bumblebee, Won't my mummy be so proud of me, Throwing up the baby bumblebee,
Oh dear! It's all over my new shoes. (Spoken as she wipes her shoes on her socks)
Wiping off the baby bumblebee, Won't my mummy be so proud at me, Wiping off the baby bumblebee.
Spoken...... Oh look there is another baby bumblebee
RING-A-RING O'ROSES
Ring-a-ring-roses, A pocket full of posies, Atishoo-Atishoo, We all fall down. Birds in the heavens, Singing with the breeze, Atishoo-Atishoo, We all do sneeze.
Cows in the meadow Eating buttercups, Atishoo-Atishoo, We all jump up.
Girls and boys come out to play,
The moon doth shine as bright as day;
Come with a whoop and come with a call,
And come with a good will or not at all!
Leave your supper and leave your sleep,
And come to your playfellows in the street;
Up the ladder and down the wall,
A penny loaf will serve you all.
Curly Locks! Curly Locks! Wilt thou be mine, Thou shalt not wash dishes, Nor yet feed the swine; But sit on a cushion, And so a fine seam, And feed upon strawberries, Sugar and Cream
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses And all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again!
Humpty Dumpty
Sentado en un muro.
Humpty Dumpty
Se ha caído muy duro.
Todos los caballeros
Y jinetes del rey,
Fueron a levantarlo
Y no pudieron con él.
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow, And every where that Mary went the lamb was sure to go
It followed her to school one day, which was against the rule; It made the children laugh and play to see a lamb at school. And so the teacher turned it out, but still it lingered near, And waited patiently about until Mary did appear.
"What makes the lamb, love Mary so?" The eager children cried. "Why, 'cos Mary loves the lamb so much." And that's the reason why.
LAVENDER BLUE, DILLY DILLY
Lavender's blue, dilly dilly;
Lavender's green.
When you are King, dilly dilly;
I shall be Queen.
Who told you so, dilly dilly;
Who told you so?
'Twas my own heart, dilly dilly;
That told me so.
Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are, Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are.
In the dark blue sky you keep, often through my curtains peep, For you never shut your eye, till the sun is in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are.
When the blazing sun is gone, when he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are.
Then the traveller in the dark thanks you for your tiny spark; How could he see where to go, if you did not twinkle so. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are.
As I was going to St. Ives
I met a man with seven wives.
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?
One... only you are going to St. Ives.
The multitude that you met are going the other way..
Hoorah, hoorah The ants go marching one by one, Hoorah hoorah The ants go marching one by one, The little one stops to suck his thumb, And they all go marching across the floor, under the door, down the drain, into the rain,
Zoom, zoom, zoom!
The ants go marching two by two.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching two by two.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching two by two;
The little one stops to tie his shoe, And they all go marching across the floor, under the door, down the drain, into the rain,
Zoom, zoom, zoom! The ants go marching three by three.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching three by three.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching three by three;
The little one stops to climb a tree, And they all go marching across the floor, under the door, down the drain, into the rain,
Zoom, zoom, zoom!
The ants go marching four by four.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching four by four.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching four by four;
The little one stops to shut the door, And they all go marching across the floor, under the door, down the drain, into the rain,
Zoom, zoom, zoom!
The ants go marching five by five.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching five by five.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching five by five;
The little one stops to take a dive, And they all go marching across the floor, under the door, down the drain, into the rain,
Zoom, zoom, zoom!
The ants go marching six by six.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching six by six.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching six by six;
The little one stops to pick up sticks, And they all go marching across the floor, under the door, down the drain, into the rain,
Zoom, zoom, zoom!
The ants go marching seven by seven.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching seven by seven. Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching seven by seven;
The little one stops to pray to heaven, And they all go marching across the floor, under the door, down the drain, into the rain, Zoom, zoom, zoom!
The ants go marching eight by eight.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching eight by eight.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching eight by eight;
The little one stops to rollerskate, And they all go marching across the floor, under the door, down the drain, into the rain
Zoom, zoom, zoom! The ants go marching nine by nine.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching nine by nine.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching nine by nine;
The little one stops to check the time, And they all go marching across the floor, under the door, down the drain, into the rain,
Zoom, zoom, zoom!
The ants go marching ten by ten.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching ten by ten.
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching ten by ten;
The little one stops to shout
"THE END!!"
But they all kept marching across the floor, under the door, down the drain, into the rain.
NUTS
WINTER
The Elves' Dance
Midi: I Think
I'll Go Eat Worms
LAVENDER BLUE, DILLY DILLY
Pop! Goes the weasel.
There may also be links to other sites, all suitable for children.
It's like an eagle in the sky;
So she called for the doctor
To be quick, quick, quick.
Ring-a-ring-roses,
Cows in the meadow
