General Chat

really loved Torchy the battery boy( nothing to do with ann summers!!!)

Dance ti' thy daddy, sing ti' thy mammy,
Dance ti' thy daddy, ti' thy mammy sing;
Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy,
Thou shall hev a fishy when the boat comes in.

xx

Wee Willy Winky runs through the town
Upstairs and downstairs ,
in his nightie gown.
knocking at the window , peering through the lock,
Are all the children in their beds ?
It,s past nine oclock ...
xx

yeah me do

ok 'fess up ....who remembers 'Listen with mother' on the radio....? !

xx

and the sugr plum fairy !!! still love that music not so much sugar plum fairy now ,more like nelly the ellie

Nursery Rhymes
Lyrics and Origins



Rock a Bye Baby Rhyme
Nursery Rhyme - American & English History




Origins of words to "Rock a bye baby" in American history
The words and lyrics to the "Rock a bye baby" rhyme are reputed to reflect the observations of a young pilgrim boy in America who had seen Native Indian mothers suspend a birch bark cradle from the branches of a tree. Thus enabling the wind to rock the cradle and the child to sleep! This rhyme is also known as "Hush a bye baby" which is the correct title. The confusion regarding these lyrics occurred due to the popularity of the old Al Jolson classic song "Rock a bye my baby with a Dixie melody!".

Origins of words to "Rock a bye baby" in English history
dating back to the 1700's

The story of the Nursery Rhyme relates to a family who lived in a tree house which was formed within a massive Yew tree. The Yew Tree concerned was believed to be nearly 2000 years old. The family were charcoal burners who lived in Shining Cliff Woods, Ambergate, Derbyshire in the 1700's. The ancient occupation of Charcoal Burning would be conducted by people who actually lived in the woods. Just like like this family. Their names were Kate and Luke Kennyon and they lived in what was locally called the 'Betty Kenny Tree' - a colloquialism for Kate Kenyon. The Kenyons had 8 children and a tree bough was hollowed out to act as a cradle for their children! Shining Cliff Woods was owned at the time by the Hurt family. The Kenyons were favoured by the Hurts who commissioned the artist James Ward of the Royal Academy to paint their portraits. The Yew tree still exists but was severely fire damaged by vandals in the 1930s. More information may be located on the Amber Valley Borough Council website.

Out grateful thanks go to James Hamilton for providing us with the lead to the English origins to 'Rock a Bye Baby.


Rock a bye baby on the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.

yeah we had to dance that one a lot,xx

Oranges and lemons

say the bells of St. Clement's

You owe me five farthings


say the bells of St. Martin's

When will you pay me?

say the bells of Old Bailey

When I grow rich

say the bells of Shoreditch

When will that be?

say the bells of Stepney

I do not know

say the great bells of Bow

Here comes a candle

to light you to bed

Here comes a chopper

to chop off your head

chip chop chip chop

the last man's head.

Ring a ring a roses,
a pocket full of poses ,
atishoo.....atishoo ,
we all fall down ..
Lovely , shame its about the plague ..
:)))))))) .. xxxx

Cry, Baby Buntin
Daddy's gone a-hunting
to fetch a little rabbit skin
to wrap the Baby Buntin in

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
xxxx

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)

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

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 !

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

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

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

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......

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

xx