Meet the Other Phone. Flexible and made to last.

Meet the Other Phone.
Flexible and made to last.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Who wants to play nursery rhyme segue?

440 replies

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:
MarieVanGoethem · 03/06/2021 11:20

Oranges and Lemons" say the Bells of St. Clements
"Bullseyes and Targets" say the Bells of St. Margaret's
"Brickbats and Tiles" say the Bells of St. Giles
"Halfpence and Farthings" say the Bells of St. Martin's
"Pancakes and Fritters" say the Bells of St. Peter's
"Two Sticks and an Apple" say the Bells of Whitechapel
"Maids in white aprons" say the Bells at St. Katherine's
"Pokers and Tongs" say the Bells of St. John's
"Kettles and Pans" say the Bells of St. Anne's
"Old Father Baldpate" say the slow Bells of Aldgate
"You owe me Ten Shillings" say the Bells of St. Helen's
"When will you Pay me?" say the Bells of Old Bailey
"When I grow Rich" say the Bells of Shoreditch
"Pray when will that be?" say the Bells of Stepney
"I do not know" says the Great Bell of Bow
Here comes a candle to light you to bed,
And here comes a chopper to chop off your head!
Chip chop chip chop - the Last Man's Dead!

35andThriving · 03/06/2021 11:49

As I went up the apple tree
All the apples fell on me.
Bake a pudding,
Bake a pie.
Did you ever tell a lie?
Yes you did!
You know you did!
You broke your mother's teapot lid.
L I D.... That spells lid.
Out you must go!

safariboot · 03/06/2021 13:00

Ippa dippa dation,
My operation,
How many people,
At the station
(number)
The one who lands on number (number) will surely not be it!

(Deciding who's it/out).

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about these subjects:

35andThriving · 03/06/2021 15:34

Here's the church
And here's the steeple
Open the doors
And there're all thepeople

MarieVanGoethem · 03/06/2021 15:53

Goosey goosey gander,
Where shall I wander?
Upstairs and downstairs
And in my lady’s chamber.
There I met an old man
Who wouldn’t say his prayers,
So I took him by his left leg
And threw him down the stairs.

JPduck · 03/06/2021 21:21

This old man he played one
He played Knick knack on my drum

MargaretThursday · 03/06/2021 21:45

There was a man lived in the moon, lived in the moon, lived in the moon,

There was a man lived in the moon,
And his name was Aiken Drum.

∼ Chorus ∼
And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle,
And he played upon a ladle,
and his name was Aiken Drum.

35andThriving · 03/06/2021 22:01

Sally go round the sun,
Sally go round the moon
Sally go round the chimney pots
On a Saturday afternoon

Scarby9 · 04/06/2021 00:32

Here we go looby loo
Here we go looby lie
Here we go looby loo
All on a Saturday night.

Scarby9 · 04/06/2021 00:34

(PS. Aiken Drum reminds of Beginner Recorder tunes!)

35andThriving · 04/06/2021 09:15

Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace.
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go.
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for a living.
And the child born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe, good and gay.

MarieVanGoethem · 04/06/2021 19:08

Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Grew worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday.
That was the end,
Of Solomon Grundy.

safariboot · 04/06/2021 20:06

Rain rain go away,
Come again another day.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 04/06/2021 20:26

I went to visit the farm one day
I saw a horse across the way.

What do you think I’d heard him say
“Neigh NEigh Neigh”

MrsMackesy · 04/06/2021 23:21

We're all going to the zoo tomorrow
The zoo tomorrow
The zoo tomorrow
We're all going to the zoo tomorrow
And we're going to stay all day

Going to the zoo, zoo, zoo
How about you, you, you?

35andThriving · 05/06/2021 10:07

See Saw Margery Daw,
Johnnie shall have a new master;
Johnnie shall earn but a penny a day,
Because he can't work any faster.

JPduck · 05/06/2021 14:17

5 currant buns in the bakers shop
Round and fat with a cherry on top.
Along came Jemimah with a penny one day
Brought a currant bun and took it away

Girlonthego · 05/06/2021 14:59

Hot cross buns

35andThriving · 05/06/2021 20:02

Lucy Locket lost her pocket
Kitty Fisher found it.
Not a penny was there in it,
Only ribbon round it.

MargaretThursday · 05/06/2021 20:33

Christmas is coming
The goose is getting fat
Please put a penny
In the old man's hat.
If you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do
If you haven't got a ha'penny then God bless you.

35andThriving · 05/06/2021 20:51

These are Grandma's spectacles,
This is Grandma's hat
This is the way she folds her hands,
And lays them in her lap.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 05/06/2021 21:14

O Soldier Soldier won't you marry me with your musket five and drum.
Oh no sweet Maid I cannot marry you for I have no coat to put it on.
So up she went to her Grandfather's chest and she got him a coat of the very very best and the Soldier put it on.

Oh Soldier Soldier wont you marry me with your masket fife and drum.
Oh no sweet made I cannot marry you for I have to Hat to on.
So off she went to her Grandfather's Chest and she brought him a Hat of the very very best and the Soldier put it on.

Oh Soldier Soldier won't you marry me with your musket fife and drum.
Oh no sweet maid I cannot marry you for I have to gloves to put on
So off she went to her Grandfathers Chest and she brought him some gloves of the very very best and the Soldier put them on.

Oh Solider Soldier won't you marry me with your musket fife and drum
Oh no sweet Maid. I cannot marry you for I have no Boots to put on.
So off she went to her Grandfather's chest and she brought him so boots of the very very best and the Solider put them on.

Oh Soldier Soldier won't you marry me with your musket fife and drum.
Oh no sweet maid I cannot marry you for I have a wife of my own.

Girlonthego · 05/06/2021 22:10

The ants go marching one by one...
(Soldier/marching link)!

JPduck · 06/06/2021 08:52

One two three four five once I caught a fish alive

MarieVanGoethem · 06/06/2021 13:33

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