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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:
JPduck · 20/06/2021 17:23

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker's man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Pat it and prick it and mark it with "B"
Put it in the oven for baby and me
For baby and me
For baby and me
And there will be plenty for baby and me

AnneOfCleavage · 20/06/2021 17:28

Do you know the muffin man
The Muffin man
The Muffin man
(Bake)

AnneOfCleavage · 20/06/2021 17:37

Sorry left off the ending):
Do you know the Muffin Man
The Muffin Man
The Muffin Man
Do you know the Muffin Man
Who lives down Drury Lane
(type of baked cake)

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35andThriving · 20/06/2021 17:48

I am the music man
And I come from down your way
"What can you play?".
I can play the piano...
Pia, pia, pia-no, pia-no, pia-no
Pia, pia, pia-no,
Pia, pia-no!

TheoMeo · 20/06/2021 20:47

Boys and girls, come out to play ,
The moon doth shine as bright as day.
Leave your supper, and leave your sleep,
And join your playfellows in the street.

Come with a whoop, and come with a call,
Come with a good will or come not at all.
Up the ladder and down the wall,
A penny loaf will serve us all.

JPduck · 20/06/2021 20:54

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
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

35andThriving · 20/06/2021 21:07

There was an old woman tossed up in a basket,
Seventy times as high as the moon:
What she did there I could not but ask it,
For in her hand she carried a broom.
"Old Woman, old woman, old woman," quoth I,
"O wither, O wither, O wither, so high!"
"To sweep the cobwebs off the sky,
And I shall be back again by and by!"

AnneOfCleavage · 20/06/2021 21:07

How much is that doggie in the window (woof woof)
The one with the waggly tail
How much is that doggie in the window
Oh I do hope that dog is for sale

MrsMackesy · 21/06/2021 01:20

Wee Willie Winkie
Runs through the town
Up stairs and down stairs
In his nightgown
Tapping at the window
Crying through the lock
Are all the children in their beds
It's past 8 o'clock.

Anordinarymum · 21/06/2021 01:35

Goosey goosey gander
wither shall I wander
upstairs and downstairs
in my lady's chamber

TheoMeo · 21/06/2021 06:23

Little Tommy Tucker
Sang for his supper.
What shall we give him?
Brown bread and butter.
How shall he cut it
Without a knife?
How will he be married
Without a wife?

MrsMackesy · 21/06/2021 10:13

Tom, Tom
The piper's son
Stole a pig
And away did run...

JPduck · 21/06/2021 21:58

This little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed at ho e
This little piggy had roast beef
This little piggy had none
And this little piggy went
Wee wee wee all the way home
🐷

AnneOfCleavage · 22/06/2021 08:52

Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a Tuffet
Eating her curds and whey
Along came a spider
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.

JPduck · 22/06/2021 18:06

Incy wincy spider climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed poor incy out
Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain
So incy wincy spider climbed up the spout again

35andThriving · 22/06/2021 19:19

There was an old woman tossed up in a basket,
Seventy times as high as the moon:
What she did there I could not but ask it,
For in her hand she carried a broom.
"Old Woman, old woman, old woman," quoth I,
"O wither, O wither, O wither, so high!"
"To sweep the cobwebs off the sky,
And I shall be back again by and by!"
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AnneOfCleavage · 22/06/2021 20:10

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
She had so many children she didn't know what to do
She gave them some broth without any bread
And scolded them soundly and sent them to bed

JPduck · 22/06/2021 21:17

One two buckle my shoe
Three four pick up stick
Five six lay them straight

MrsMackesy · 23/06/2021 01:18

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

straight

35andThriving · 23/06/2021 21:18

How many miles to Babylon?
Three score miles and ten.
Can I get there by candlelight?
Yes, and back again.

MarieVanGoethem · 24/06/2021 02:01

Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over
The candlestick.

AnneOfCleavage · 24/06/2021 08:17

Jack Sprat could eat no fat
His wife could eat no lean
So together, both
They licked the platter clean.

MrsMackesy · 24/06/2021 09:58

Curly locks, curly locks
Won't you be mine?
You'll not wash the dishes
Nor feed the swine
But sit upon cushions
And sew a fine scene
And feast upon strawberries, sugar and cream.

Where do I sign up?

35andThriving · 24/06/2021 12:50

Elsie Marley's grown so fine
She won't get up to feed the swine
But lays in bed 'til 8 or 9
Lazy Elsie Marley!

WithRosesAroundTheDoor · 24/06/2021 12:54

Mary Mary quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?