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Who wants to play nursery rhyme segue?

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Thistledew · 19/05/2021 20:00

I amuse myself when singing nursery rhymes to DD by making one nursery rhyme segue to the next by some sort of theme. So for instance, I might start with London Bridge is Falling Down, then go:

London's Burning (London connection)
Jack and Jill (water)
Miss Polly had a Dolly (medical treatment)
Polly put the kettle on (Polly)
I'm a little tea pot (tea)

And on the basis that I find 'I'm a little tea pot' to be a tough one to follow on from, who wants to play? Just add the song that you would go to from the previous poster's suggestion.

OP posts:
SummerHouse · 19/05/2021 20:03

Incy wincy spider (little) !!

SummerHouse · 19/05/2021 20:03

Maybe I should do full line?

Incy wincy spider, climbed up the water spout.

Thistledew · 19/05/2021 20:09

Good move. Let's go

I Hear Thunder (rain)

OP posts:

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TiptopJ · 19/05/2021 20:10

Peas porridge in the pot 9 days old (pot)

MangoM · 19/05/2021 20:10

I can sing a rainbow (weather)

SummerHouse · 19/05/2021 20:22

I'd like to teach the world to sing... (Singing)

35andThriving · 20/05/2021 21:03

Sing a Song of Sixpence (Money)

I like this idea for a game. I can see myself playing it, in my head, from now on. Thanks, op. Smile

MargaretThursday · 20/05/2021 22:05

There was a crooked man, who walked a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence, beside a crooked stile

Hollyhocksarenotmessy · 20/05/2021 22:15

Sing a song of sixpence, a pocketful of rye,
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie

MargaretThursday · 21/05/2021 10:46

Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner,
Eating his Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said, "What a good boy am I

35andThriving · 21/05/2021 11:47

There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good
She was very, very good
But when she was bad
She was horrid.

Hollyhocksarenotmessy · 22/05/2021 08:00

Girls and boys come out to play
The moon doth shine as bright as day
Leave your supper and leave your sleep
And come with your playfellows into the street.

35andThriving · 22/05/2021 08:41

Hey diddle, diddle
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such fun
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

ZoeMaye · 22/05/2021 19:13

Old McDonald had a farm E I E I O
And on that farm he had a cat/cow/dog ...

Sixsillysausagessizzlinginapan · 22/05/2021 19:15

Old mother Hubbard

35andThriving · 22/05/2021 19:23

How much is that doggie in the window?
The one with the waggly tail
How much is that doggie in the window?
I do hope that doggie's for sale

MargaretThursday · 22/05/2021 19:41

I saw a little birdie going hop hop hop
So I said, "little bird, will you stop stop stop"
I was going to the window to say
"How do you do,"
When he shook his little tail and away he flew.

35andThriving · 22/05/2021 19:55

Two fat gentlemen
Met in a lane
Bowed most politely
And bowed once again
"How do you do?"
And "How do you do?"
And "How do you do? again

Two thin ladies
Met in a lane
Bowed most politely
And bowed once again
"How do you do?"
And "How do you do?"
And How do you do? again

DotCottan · 22/05/2021 19:59

Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
One for the master,
One for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane

(Lane)

35andThriving · 22/05/2021 20:53

Dame Trot and her cat
Led a peaceable life
When they were not troubled
With other folks' strife.

When Dame had her dinner
Puss near her would wait,
And was sure to receive
A nice piece from her plate.

Sixsillysausagessizzlinginapan · 22/05/2021 20:57

Hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle the cow jumped over the moon

JPduck · 22/05/2021 21:08

Old McDonald had a farm

Sweetpea1532 · 22/05/2021 22:42

I am totally lostGrin
Whatever are you lot going on about? I just don't get itConfused

Girlonthego · 22/05/2021 23:13

This Old Man
He played one...

(@Sweetpea1532, ie. each rhyme has a connection with the previous one. Here, "Old MacDonald" and "This Old Man" have 'old' in common)

Great game btw Thistle!

Sweetpea1532 · 22/05/2021 23:19

Thanks, @Girlonthego.