" Old Nursery Rhymes " (( How many do we remember ))

Bye, baby Bunting,
Daddy’s gone a-hunting,
Gone to get a rabbit skin
To wrap the baby Bunting in

Miss Polly had a dolly.
Goosey, Goosey Gander.
The Lion and the Unicorn.
Who Killed Cock Robin.

Fire fire Mrs Ire
Where where Mrs Bear?
Down town Mrs Brown
Any damage Mrs Gammage?
Not at all Mrs Hall

We loved cumulative rhymes both as children, parents and grandparents

This is the house that Jack built.
This is the malt that lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the rat that ate the malt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the cat that killed the rat,
That ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the dog that worried the cat,
That killed the rat that ate the malt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the dog that worried the cat,
That killed the rat that ate the malt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the maiden all forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the dog that worried the cat,
That killed the rat that ate the malt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the dog that worried the cat,
That killed the rat that ate the malt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the priest all shaven and shorn,
That married the man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the dog that worried the cat,
That killed the rat that ate the malt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the cock that crowed in the morn,
That wakened the priest all shaven and shorn,
That married the man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the dog that worried the cat,
That killed the rat that ate the malt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the farmer sowing his corn,
That fed the cock that crowed in the morn,
That wakened the priest all shaven and shorn,
That married the man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the dog that worried the cat,
That killed the rat that ate the malt,
That lay in the house that Jack built.

And don’t get me started on The ladies of the harem of the court of King Caractacus, just passing by, or the strategies used to make the pig jump over the stile!

There was a crooked man
And he walked a crooked mile
He found crooked sixpence
Upon a crooked stile
He bought a crooked cat
Which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together
In a crooked little house

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Val Duncan singing Delaneys’ Donkey. Try YouTube PinkCosmos

'Auntie Mary had a canary
Up the leg of her drawers.
It wouldn't come down for half a crown
And I don't know any more'.

I don't think it's exactly a nursery rhyme but I do remember my grandma singing it to me .

She was of Irish decent and also sang things like, 'Delaney had a donkey' and 'What a wonderful motorcar' Val Donican did an album of these and similar. I wish I could find it again for my grandson.

Three Little Kittens
Lost their mittens
And they began to cry
Oh Mother dear, we sadly fear
Our mittens we have lost
What! Lost your mittens
You naughty kittens
Then you shall have no pie

Apparently as a toddler I always used to cry at

Three little kittens, they lost their mittens
And they began to cry
Oh mother dear, we very much fear
That we have lost our mittens.

Lost your mittens?
You naughty kittens
Then you shall have no pie.

The man in the Moon
This little piggy
Tommy thumb
There's a worm at the bottom of the garden
Girls and boys come out to play
Hot cross buns.

When my brother was little he used to ask for “Home did chot”. That is, “Up Jack got and home did trot”, the second verse of Jack and Jill.

I always liked

I had a little nut tree
And nothing would it bear
But a silver nutmeg
And a golden pear.

The King of Spain’s daughter
Came to visit me,
And all for the sake
Of my little nut tree.

Mary, Mary quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
I live with a brat
In a high-rise flat,
How the heck would I know?
...
Jack & Jill.
Doctor Foster Went To Gloucester.
Humpty Dumpty.
The Grand Old Duke Of York.
Hey Diddle Diddle.
Three Men In A Boat.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.
There Were Three In The Bed.
Pussy Willow.

Little Bo Peep
Three Little Kittens
Old King Cole
Sing a Song of Sixpence
Tom Tom the Pipers Son
The Owl and the Pussycat

Anyone remember
The Big ship sails on the Alleyalleyoo?
The Alleyalleyoo the Alleyalleyoo
The Big Ship sails on the Alleyalleyoo
On the last day in September
The Captain said it would never never do etc etc
Maybe it was just a London one. We would skip to it in the playground in primary school.

Sing a song of sixpence
Little boy blue
Old King Cole
Mary had a little lamb
Twinkle twinkle little star
Rock a bye baby

Pardon Mrs Arden there’ s a kitty in your garden
Mary, Mary quite contrary
Tom Tom the piper’s son
Hickory dikory dock
The grand old duke of York
Little Miss Muffet
Ding dong dell
And so many more, my g grand daughter loves to sing them.

Ring a ring 'o' roses
A pocket full of posies
A-tishoo A-tishoo
We all fall down.

HotFootSue we used to say,

Lucy Locket list her pocket
Kitty Fisher found it
Not a penny was there in it
Just a ribbon round it.

There was an old man called Michael Finnigan

Lucy Locket lost her pocket
Kitty Fisher found it
Nothing in it, nothing in it
But the ribbon round it.

I'm a little tea pot...
Incy Wincy spider...
There was an old woman who swallowed a fly...
Old shoes new shoes red and pink and blue shoes...
I saw a mouse,where?there on the stair...
this last one I started saying to my 5yr old GS and he turned to the stairs thinking the really was a mouse,love him!!!

Polly put the kettle on…

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily , merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream

Wee Willie Winkie