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To think that if I never hear Wind the fecking Bobbin Up again it'll be too soon!

102 replies

Bellerina2 · 07/03/2015 18:53

I find that song whiny and beyond annoying but they sing it at every singalong I've ever been to with DS! Are there any other kids songs that irritate MNetters?

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hazeyjane · 07/03/2015 19:50

Oh no, I love sleeping bunnies - ds only learnt to jump about 2 months ago, so he does this one about 100 times a day - changed to sleeping pirates/firemen/sausages etc

toptomatoes · 07/03/2015 19:54

Wind the bobbin up was requested as a lullaby by DD today; it is very hard to make it restful when she is enthusiastically doing the actions.

The Grand Old Duke of York is the killer at rhyme time; there's far too much competitive chucking kids in the air. It will all end in tears one day.

Rightokthen · 07/03/2015 19:56

I hate it too!
It's the worst of them all.

My favourite is "hop little bunnies hop hop hop " or whatever is called.

My 2 yo prefers sam smith and taylor swift Sad

Rightokthen · 07/03/2015 19:57

Love that dinosaur version!

Bluestocking · 07/03/2015 19:59

Exactly, ZoomZoom, I always wanted to ruin the moment by shouting out "yes, they're in the final stages of death by myxomatosis!"

MimsyBorogroves · 07/03/2015 20:00

I privately changed the "they're so still, are they ill" line in Sleepy Bunnies to "still in bed, are they dead"

Much more fun.

findingherfeet · 07/03/2015 20:00

I'm actually a bit excited about the dinosaur version.

MimsyBorogroves · 07/03/2015 20:00

Great minds, Bluestocking Smile

GlitzAndGigglesx · 07/03/2015 20:02

CLAP CLAP CLAP!

Dd was singing Mary had a little lamb and I couldn't help but interrupt and say how tasty the lamb was on her 18th go at it

BrianButterfield · 07/03/2015 20:02

I hate it too, and both my DC have loved it as babies.

One day at work someone mentioned a dolly for some reason, and me and the other mum of two under-4 both started singing Miss Polly had a Dolly in unison. We got quite a long way into it before we realised it was not quite the thing to be doing. But you can't stop before rat-a-tat-tat, that's the best bit!

LaundryFairy · 07/03/2015 20:05

Oh, ZoomZoom, I hate those wretched bunnies too! In my mind I was always singing:

'They're so still...
They're road kill!
Splat little bunnies, splat splat splat!'

Disclaimer: I actually am quite fond of real rabbits, just can't stand this song!

ZoomZoomToTheMoon · 07/03/2015 20:08

I love Miss Polly had a Dolly, it's a brilliantly dark work of satirical genius.

"He wrote on a paper for a pill pill pill
'I'll be back in the morning with my bill bill bill' "

Bet it was homeopathic.

ZoomZoomToTheMoon · 07/03/2015 20:10

I love all the sleeping bunny horror versions! :o

You know what else I used to snurk at

"My beard is black, there's soot in my sack"

Bluestocking · 07/03/2015 20:13

ZoomZoom, are you me? (An MN phrase I never thought I'd use.)
My beard is black, there's soot in my sack - the achoo, achoo is obviously a rather strange ejaculatory exclamation.

TheSpottedZebra · 07/03/2015 20:16

I'm a right old mardy cow, but I hate ALL of these shitting songs. The stupid, twee lyrics make me angry.

WineIsMyMainVice · 07/03/2015 20:21

Yesterday I had an ear worm - Humpty blinking Dumpty!!! It droveme mad!!!

ZoomZoomToTheMoon · 07/03/2015 20:24

Bluestocking :o I just wish there had been a like-minded soul at these events (or maybe they were there, but I wish I'd known) to catch the eye of at those moments.

Tanith · 07/03/2015 20:35

Spare a thought for us childminders!

I run a playgroup. I have been singing these songs for 15 years!

One of our group has been childminding since the mid 60s - just think how many times she's had to sing Old MacDonald and the rest! ShockShock

ninetynineonehundred · 07/03/2015 20:43

Op yabvu to single one song out. They are all torture

MrsDeVere · 07/03/2015 20:48

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BeyondRepair · 07/03/2015 20:55

I like five little monkeys but agree, wind bobbin up is cumbersome and heavy to sing, but it is good for them with action, I also HATE wheels on bus and head shoulders knees and toes.

I like, grand old duke, little peter rabit had a fly, sleeping bunnies, 3 little men , row row.

Flipchart · 07/03/2015 20:56

I have managed to get my lads to nearly 19 and 16 without EVER singing wind the bobbin, hockey cokey, wheels on the bus, I'm a little teapot.

In fact I'd only heard of Wind the bobbin two years ago when I started to work with young children. Never heard of it before then!

MissMogwi · 07/03/2015 20:57

I miss Wind The Bobbin Up and other mums n tots favourites like Wheels on the Bus.

I have blocked out the memories of toddler tantrums and sleepless nights now my two are hormonal divas.

Maybe one day I'll look back on pre/teenage strops with fond memories too.

BeyondRepair · 07/03/2015 20:58

sleeping bunnies is so cute, watching them all akwardly getting down, closing little eyes, they love it, how can anyone not like it. Sad

frankie001 · 07/03/2015 21:00

Great, I don't even have kids and now have Wind the Bobbin Up going round my head. Total ear worm.

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