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Do kids still learn them? My dad reminded me of the second verse of "I had a little nut tree" and I'd forgotten all about it til yesterday :)

oooie gooie was a bear
ooie gooie had no hair
ooie gooie cross the road
ooooo ooie gooie !!

Good:))) I'm thinking of getting myself a book - I know it's a kid thing but I really like them:))

My little Grandaughter learnt lot's of nursery rhymes when she was in a play group.

Mo I know that one as Georgie Porgie pudding and pie : )

My grandchildren know some.......and I always sing them rhymes........the shock of my singing stops them crying.....

sally

I knew some ruder versions of that, Mo lol

Well I never knew that one Mel - it must have come in after the 1980s;)

lol Sally!!

Hello Nanny Amanda:))))

In all preschools we are again learning them, as it helps with children's early literacy skills

Hi Uggers

I too am fascinated about the 'history' behind nursery rhymes. Apparently 'Ring a Ring of Roses...' related to the Plague of London.

Jack and Jill
Humpty Dumpty
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Little Bo-Peep
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

There are so many that I'd love to know more - anyone know of a good book that'll explain them?

Alice

Hello Uggers : ))

Mo .....I just wondered if it was a different name used in Kent for that rhyme.........lol * wonders what Mo was thinking about Andy Pandy *?........lol

One l learnt when l was young from my dad, but was told l wasn't allowed to say it outside the house.............
Little birds flying high dropping something from the sky,
Oh said the farmer wiping his eye
Good job my cows don't fly !!!!!!!!!!

There's one they used to sing when my youngest was at nursery.....to the tune of twinkle twinkle little star.

Along the lines of *Daddy has a rusty car*

Not sure it's a nursery rhyme but it's one I remember hearing them sing as I waited outside the door for her lol xx

Good to hear, Carol.

hello Alice - that's my interest in them too but I was also transported back to my childhood when my dad said the whole rhyme and that's abrilliant thing:))

I knew Georgey Porgy too, Amanda.

That's horrible, Muffy lol

My dad knew a few of them too, Mummo lol

My grandchildren learn nursery rhymes at preschool - and their two grans sing to them too:))

Sue x

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Daddy bought me a motor car;
Push the handle, pull the choke,
Off we go in a cloud of smoke.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Daddy bought me a motor car

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Daddy bought me a motor car;
Push the handle, pull the choke,
Off we go in a cloud of smoke.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Daddy bought me a motor car.

full version Uggs

I had a little nut tree,
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.

Her dress was made of crimson,
Jet black was her hair,
She asked me for my nut tree
And my golden pear.
I said, "So fair a princess
Never did I see,
I'll give you all the fruit
From my little nut tree.

My girls would sing themselves to sleep with nursery rhymes, my son would just rock his cot across the floor until I tranquilised him :-))

x

Sounds like the best place to be Mo.......lol......nothing quite as pleasant as dwelling in childhood memories : )

Having said that Andy Pandy wasn't one of my favs , with my name being Mandy and having big brothers that poked fun on a daily basis..........lol

Uggers get yourself one of those beautifully illustrated nursery rhyme books. I've kept a couple of them here at home and a beautiful fairy tale book that I read often to the kids... and myself:) They have a rhythm to them that is quite soothing.

Sue x