Who wants to play nursery rhyme segue?

[Thistledew]

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.

Mary had a little lamb
Its fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day
Which was against the rules
It made the children laugh laugh and play
To see a lamb at school.

My name is Queen Mary,
My age is sixteen;
My father's a farmer
In yonder green.
He has plenty of money
To dress me in silk,
But no bonnie laddie
Will take me away.

One morning I rose
And I looked in the glass:
Says I to myself
`What a handsome young lass!'
My hands by my side,
And I laughed a ha ha!
For some bonnie laddie
Will take me away

Speed bonnie boat
Like a bird on the wing
Onward, the sailors cry
Carry the lad
That's born to be king
Over the sea to Skye

Old King Cole
Was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe,
And he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three!

And every fiddler, he had a fine fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he.
Twee tweedle dee, tweedle dee, went the fiddlers.
Oh, there’s none so rare
As can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard,
To fetch her poor dog a bone.
But when she got there the cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none.

Charley, Charley,
Stole the barley
Out of the baker's shop.
The baker came out
And gave him a clout,
Which made poor Charley hop.

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Rub-a-dub-dub,
Three men in a tub,
And who do you think they were?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick-maker,
They all sailed out to sea,
‘Twas enough to make a man stare.

Three blind mice. Three blind mice.
See how they run. See how they run.
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a sight in your life,
As three blind mice?

One, two, three, four, five
Once I caught a fish alive
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Then I let it go again.

Five little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away

Little Bo Peep
Has lost her sheep
And doesn't know where to find them
Leave them alone
And they'll come home
Wagging their tails behind them.

Three blind mice, three blind mice
See how they run, see how they run
They all ran after the farmer's wife
Who chopped off their tails with a carving knife
Did you ever see such a sight in your life
As three blind mice.

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

Incredible to think we've been singing this since the 1700s, if not before.

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

Nursery rhymes are quite special really when you think about them stretching back and back, being recited over and over again, for hundreds of years.

Oh, dear, what can the matter be?
Oh, dear, what can the matter be?
Oh, dear, what can the matter be?
Johnny's so long at the fair.

He promised he'd buy me a bunch of blue ribbons,
He promised he'd buy me a bunch of blue ribbons,
He promised he'd buy me a bunch of blue ribbons,
To tie up my bonny brown hair.

I went to the animal fair,
The birds and the beasts were there,
The big baboon by the light of the moon
Was combing his golden hair.
The monkey fell out of his bunk,
And slid down the elephant's trunk,
The elephant sneezed - Achoo!
And fell on her knees,
And what became of the monkey,
Monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey?

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 nutmeg
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."

There was a princess long-ago
Long-ago, long-ago
There was a Princess long-ago
Long-a-go!

And she lived in a big high tower
A big high tower, a big high tower
And she lived in a big high tower
Long-a-go!

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

Goosey goosey gander,
Whither 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.

Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,
To see a fine lady upon a white horse;
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
She shall have music wherever she goes.

Horsey, Horsey don't you stop
Just let your feet go clipity clop
Your tail goes swish and the wheels go round
Giddy up we're homeward bound

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

I see the moon and the moon sees me
God bless the moon and God bless me
I see the stars and the stars see me
God bless the stars and God bless me.

Christmas is coming,
The geese are 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.