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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:
35andThriving · 09/06/2021 13:06

Ladybird, ladybird fly away home.
Your house is on fire
And your children are gone.
All except one,
Her name is Ann,
And she's hiding under the frying pan.

JPduck · 09/06/2021 19:24

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
She had so many children she didn't know what to do.

35andThriving · 09/06/2021 21:26

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown.
Rapping at the windows
Crying through the locks
"Are the children all in bed,
For it's past 8 o'clock?".

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MrsMackesy · 09/06/2021 23:51

Teddy bear, teddy bear
Turn around
Teddy bear, teddy bear
Touch the ground
Teddy bear, teddy bear
Climb the stairs
Teddy bear, teddy bear
Say your prayers
Teddy bear, teddy bear
Turn out the light
Teddy bear, teddy bear
Say goodnight.

MarieVanGoethem · 10/06/2021 06:51

If you go down to the woods today
You're sure of a big surprise
If you go down to the woods today
You'd better go in disguise.
For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain,
Because today's the day
The Teddy Bears have their picnic.

Picnic time for Teddy Bears
The little Teddy Bears
Are having a lovely time today
Watch them, catch them unawares
And see them picnic on their holiday.
See them gaily gad about
They love to play and shout;
They never have any cares;
At six o'clock their Mummies and Daddies,
Will take them home to bed,
Because they're tired little Teddy Bears.

If you go down to the woods today
You'd better not go alone
It's lovely down in the woods today
But safer to stay at home.
For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain,
Because today's the day
The Teddy Bears have their picnic.

35andThriving · 10/06/2021 09:25

The sun has got his hat on
Hip, hip, hip-horray!
The sun has got his hat on
And is coming out to play!

MarieVanGoethem · 10/06/2021 11:52

Mary had a little lamb,
His fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go

He followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rule,
It made the children laugh and play,
To see a lamb at school.

And so the teacher turned him out,
But still he lingered near,
And waited patiently about,
Till Mary did appear.

"What makes the lamb love Mary so?"
The eager children cry;
"Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know,"
The teacher did reply.

35andThriving · 10/06/2021 13:18

This little piggy went to market.
This little piggy stayed at home.
This little piggy had roast beef
And this little piggy had none
And this little piggy went....
Wee...wee...wee...
All the way home!

MarieVanGoethem · 10/06/2021 15:29

To Market to market, to buy a fat pig, home again, home again jiggety-jig.
To market to market, to buy a fat hog, home again home again you Jiggety-jog.
To market to market to buy a plum bun, home again home again, market is done.

35andThriving · 10/06/2021 16:34

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
and Jill came tumbling after.

Up Jack got, and home did trot,
As fast as he could caper,
He went to bed, to mend his head
With vinegar and brown paper.

JPduck · 10/06/2021 17:31

The grand old duke of York
He had ten thousand men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And matched them back again

35andThriving · 10/06/2021 18:11

Elsie Marley's grown so fine,
She won't get up to feed the swine,
But lies in bed 'til eight or nine!
Lazy Elsie Marley.

JPduck · 10/06/2021 18:29

There was10 in the bed and the little one said roll over roll over

35andThriving · 10/06/2021 20:13

Diddle diddle dumpling,
My son, John went to bed with his stockings on,
One shoe off, and one shoe on.
Diddle diddle dumpling,
My son, John.

MarieVanGoethem · 10/06/2021 21:16

"To bed! To bed!"
Says Sleepy-head;
"Tarry awhile," says Slow;
"Put on the pan,"
Says Greedy Nan*;
"We'll sup before we go."

MargaretThursday · 10/06/2021 21:23

Ladybird, ladybird,
Fly away home
Your house is on fire and your children are gone
All except one
That's dear little Anne
And she's hid under the frying pan

MrsMackesy · 11/06/2021 00:37

Two little dickie birds sitting on a wall
One named Peter, one named Paul
Fly away Peter, fly away Paul
Come back Peter, come back Paul.

JPduck · 11/06/2021 13:00

I'm a little teapot short and stout
Here's my handle here's my spout

35andThriving · 11/06/2021 20:20

Polly put the kettle on, kettle on, kettle on
Polly put the kettle on
We'll all have tea
Sukey take it off again, off again, off again
Sukey take it off again,
They've all gone away!

JPduck · 11/06/2021 22:06

Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick sick sick
So she called for the doctor to be quick quick quick

35andThriving · 11/06/2021 22:25

Little Polly Flinders sat among the cinders
Warning her pretty little toes
Her mother came and caught her
And whipped her little daughter
For spoiling her nice new clothes.

JPduck · 12/06/2021 21:03

Head shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes.... and eyes and ears and mouth and nose, heads shoulders knees and toes

35andThriving · 14/06/2021 14:48

If you're happy and you know it,
Nod your head.
If you're happy and you know it,
Nod your head.

MrsMackesy · 15/06/2021 21:15

I'm h-a-p-p-y
I'm h-a-p-p-y
I know I am
I'm sure I am
I'm h-a-p-p-y

MarieVanGoethem · 16/06/2021 09:49

Wee Mister Wagtail, hopping on a rock,
Daddy says your pretty tail is like a Goblin's clock.
Wee Willie Wagtail, how I love to see,
Wee Willie Wagtail, wag his tail at me.

Wee Mister Wagtail, running by a pond,
Daddy says your pretty tail is like a Goblin's wand.
Wee Willie Wagtail, how I love to see,
Wee Willie Wagtail, wag his tail at me.

(Well, they seem pretty happy to me?)