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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:
MrsMackesy · 17/07/2021 17:38

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat
They took some honey and plenty of money
Wrapped up in a five pound note....

JPduck · 18/07/2021 07:33

Row row row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Life is but a dream

MrsMackesy · 19/07/2021 14:03

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...

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AnneOfCleavage · 19/07/2021 14:58

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

MrsMackesy · 19/07/2021 15:07

Rub-a-dub-dub
Three men in a tub
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker
All put out to sea.

JPduck · 19/07/2021 21:16

Three blind mice
See how they run
They all ran after the farmers wife
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife
Three blind mice

MrsMackesy · 20/07/2021 11:18

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.

35andThriving · 26/07/2021 20:57

Five little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother Duck called
"QUACK! QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!"
But only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother Duck called
"QUACK! QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!"
But only three little ducks came back.

Three little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother Duck called
"QUACK! QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!"
But only two little ducks came back.

Two little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother Duck called
"QUACK! QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!"
But only one little duck came back.

One little duck went swimming one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother Duck called
"QUACK! QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!"
And all of her little ducks came back!

AnneOfCleavage · 28/07/2021 18:29

Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard,
To give the poor dog a bone:
When she came there,
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none.

MrsMackesy · 29/07/2021 16:20

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

AnneOfCleavage · 29/07/2021 18:12

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown;
Rapping at the window, crying through the lock,
“Are the children in their beds?
Now it’s eight o’clock.”

MrsMackesy · 29/07/2021 22:56

Hickory dickory dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
The mouse ran down
Hickory, dickory dock
Tick, tock
Tick, tock.

JPduck · 03/08/2021 08:04

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 thing in your life,
As three blind mice?

MrsMackesy · 04/08/2021 15:30

One, two, three, four, five
Once I caught a fish alive
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Then I let it go again
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so
Which finger did it bite?
This little finger on the right.

35andThriving · 07/08/2021 19:43

Rain, rain
Go away
Come again
Another day.

JPduck · 07/08/2021 20:48

Monday’s child is fair of face,
Tuesday’s child is full of grace,
Wednesday’s child is full of woe,
Thursdays child has far to go,
Fridays child is loving and giving,
Saturday’s child works hard for his living,
And the child that is born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay;

35andThriving · 07/08/2021 21:10

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.

MrsMackesy · 08/08/2021 12:05

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.

35andThriving · 08/08/2021 20:04

Little Boy Blue
Come blow your horn
The sheep's in the meadow
The cow's in the corn.

But where is the boy
Who looks after the sheep?
He's under a haystack fast asleep.

Will you wake him?
No, not I,
For if I do
He's sure to cry.

35andThriving · 22/08/2021 22:08

Little Boy Blue
Come blow your horn
The sheep's in the meadow
The cow's in the corn.

But where is the boy
Who looks after the sheep?
He's under a haystack fast asleep.

Will you wake him?
No, not I,
For if I do
He's sure to cry.

JPduck · 23/08/2021 18:49

Im a little teapot
Short and stout
Here's my handle
Here's my spout

35andThriving · 27/08/2021 09:42

Incy wincy spider
Climbed up the spout
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out
Out came the sunshine
And dried up all the rain
So incy wincy spider
Climbed the spout again.

JPduck · 05/09/2021 18:26

It's raining
It's pouring
The old man is snoring
He went to bed and bumped his head
And couldn't get up in the morning

35andThriving · 05/09/2021 18:35

Miss Polly had a dolly
who was sick, sick, sick.
So she phoned for the doctor
to come quick, quick, quick.
The doctor came
with his bag and his hat,
And knocked at the door
with a rat-a-tat-tat.
He looked at the dolly
and shook his head,
And said “Miss Polly,
put her straight to bed
He wrote a paper
for a pill, pill, pill.
I’ll be back in the morning
with the bill, bill, bill.

AnneOfCleavage · 06/09/2021 14:37

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