Was talking to my mum at the weekend as I remembered fragments of little nursery rhymes that she used to sing to me as a child. The difference to what I know of today's rhymes is that the old ones that got passed down from parent to child for however many generations could be quite downright traumatic lol but most of all were
really quite good!.... I recall the first one I'll list below putting the fear of god in me each time I had to have a bath.
Thing is, I guess in this day and age where kids are plonked down in front of the tv or computer... such rhymes will be lost in time and I thought it would be kind of cool to make a thread and see what rhymes we remember (or need to look up as we've forgot bits) and it could make quite a nice collection
Anyway, I'll start it off with 3 that I really really liked
Plughole
A mother was washing her baby one night
The poor little thing was a terrible sight.
The mother was poor and the baby was thin;
'twas naught but a skeleton covered with skin.
The mother turned 'round for a soap off the rack.
She was only a moment but when she turned back
Her baby had gone, and in anguish she cried,
"oh, where has my baby gone?" the angels replied:
Oh, your baby has gone down the plug hole.
Oh, your baby has gone down the plug.
The poor little thing was so skinny and thin,
He should have been washed in a jug or a tin.
Your baby is perfectly happy;
He won't need a bath anymore.
He will watch down on you in the future,
To make sure you use the plug more.
Worms
Nobody loves me, everybody hates me
I think I'll go and eat worms
Long. slim slimey ones
Short fat curly ones
Gooey gooey gooey gooey worms
While the long slim slimy ones
Slip down easily
The short fat curly ones stick
When the short fat curly ones stick between your teeth
Thats when the juice goes
Sluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurp Ah!
Pass another plate mate, with HP sauce
There Was An Old Woman
There was an old woman who swallowed a fly,
I don't know why she swallowed a fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a bird,
How absurd! to swallow a bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a cat,
Imagine that! to swallow a cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a dog,
What a hog! to swallow a dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a goat,
Just opened her throat! to swallow a goat,
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a cow,
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat,
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll die.
There was an old woman who swallowed a horse,
She's dead—of course!