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only ever heard this one in oxford
you sit child on your knee
RIDE A COCK HORSE
TO BANBURY CROSS
TO SEE A GREAT LADY
ON A WHITE HORSE
RINGS ON HER FINGERS
AND BELLS ON HER TOES
SHE SHALL HAVE MUSIC WHETHER
SHE GOES

she shall have music wherever she goes ,

used to recite it to my kids when they were little .

hi grannyi xx

No my dad used to bounce me to this as a child and then his beloved grandchildren until he passed away, he was a scot living in cumbria don't think he ever went to Oxford!
Chris x

that one was one I knew too but this was 'mine'....lol

Horsey horsey don't you stop
Just let your feet go clippetty clop
The tail goes swish and the wheels go round
Giddy up, we're homeward bound.

xx

Grew up with that one too......parents from Devon and Yorkshire

dont know that one rose.

i know a naughty one lol

and this tasteful little ditty lol...

One, two, three, Mother caught a flea, she put it in a tea pot to make a cup of tea,
the flea jumped out Mother did shout & in came Dad with his shirt hanging out.

Rose xx

My Gran used to tell me these , she also had one were you used your hands ...
Here,s the church , Here,s the steeple ,
Open the doors , and there,s the people ..
PS she was born in 1894 ...
Kim xxx

My kids used to sing

Twinkle twinkle little star
Daddy bought a motor car
Press the button pull the choke
Off we go in a cloud of smoke...

ooh Kim! I can do that one! lol my mum taught it to me

xx

mary had a little lamb
she tied it to a pylon
40 volts went up its bum
and turned his wool to nylon

thats was naughty......

HI everyone remember the horsey one as well. Where i came from in the 50's it was one of the poorer areas waiting for redelopement and when i moved to different part of city and asked people if they knew this ryme they always say no, always put it down to snob factor, yet even now if i meet someone and this ryme comes up and i say i know it they say knew you were from st clements

Two little dicky birds sitting on a wall ,
One named Peter one named Paul ...
Fly away Peter , fly away Paul ,
Come back Peter ,come back Paul ...
XXX

ladybird ladybird....
i used to cry at that one!!!

Nursery Rhyme Origin & History

The words of the Banbury Cross nursery rhyme are often attributed to Queen Elizabeth I of England (the fine lady) who travelled to Banbury to see a huge stone cross which had just been erected. The words 'With rings on her fingers' obviously relates to the fine jewellery which would be worn by a Queen. The words 'And bells on her toes' refer to the fashion of attaching bells to the end of the pointed toes of each shoe - this fashion actually originates from the Plantagenet era of English history but was associated with the nobility for some time! Banbury was situated at the top of a steep hill and in order to help carriages up the steep incline a white cock horse (a large stallion) was made available by the town's council to help with this task. When the Queen's carriage attempted to go up the hill a wheel broke and the Queen chose to mount the cock horse and ride to the Banbury cross. The people of the town had decorated the cock horse with ribbons and bells and provided minstrels to accompany her - "she shall have music wherever she goes". The massive stone cross at Banbury was unfortunately later destroyed by anti - Catholics who opposed the notion of pilgrimages.


very interesting !

lol Kim, my English tutor at college asked if anyone knew that....and when I said I did...made me do it with actions for the whole class...lol felt a right idiot...all of us studying Shakespeare etc and me reciting "Two little dicky birds"!

xxx

Also this one
we 4 lads
from liverpool are
1 on scooter
1 in car
1 in a motor
blowing his hooter
following Ringo Starr
(sung to we 3 kings)

The horsey one ... AWW .. my uncle used to cross his legs and I sat on his ankle , the poor man then had to move his leg up and down to the rhym ..
PS I was only 2 at the time an a lot lighter !!!..
Rose going all misty eyed now ! xxx
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Cry, Baby Buntin
Daddy's gone a-hunting
to fetch a little rabbit skin
to wrap the Baby Buntin in