Nursery rhymes are known for being short, memorable, and fun to sing along with. But did you know that most of our favorite nursery rhymes actually had second verses to them? I guess I've been singing them wrong all these years!
I'm A Little Teapot
I'm a little teapot
Short and stout
Here is my handle
Here is my spout
When I get all steamed up
Hear me shout
"Tip me over
and pour me out!"
I'm a clever teapot,
Yes it's true
Here let me show you
What I can do
I can change my handle
And my spout
Just tip me over and pour me out!
Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Do They Wobble to and Fro?
Can You Tie Them in a Knot?
Can You Tie Them in a Bow?
Can You Throw Them Over Your Shoulder Like a Continental Soldier?
Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Do Your Ears Hang High?
Do They Reach Up to the Sky?
Do The Droop When They're Wet?
Do They Stiffen When They're Dry?
Can You Semaphore Your Neighbor with a Mimimum of Labor?
Do Your Ears Hang High?
Do Your Ears Hang Wide?
Do They Flap From Side to Side?
Do They Wave in the Breeze?
From the Slightest Little Sneeze?
Can You Soar Above the Nation with a Feeling of Elation?
Do Your Ears Hang Wide?
Do Your Ears Fall Off?
When You Give a Great Big Cough?
Do They Lie There on the Ground?
Or Bounce Up at Every Sound?
Can You Stick Them in Your Pocket Just Like Little Davy Crockett?
Do Your Ears Fall Off?
My Bonnie
My Bonnie lies over the ocean, My Bonnie lies over the sea. My Bonnie lies over the ocean. Oh bring back my Bonnie to me.
Yeah bring back, ah bring back, Oh bring back my Bonnie to me to me. Oh bring back, oh bring back, Oh bring back my Bonnie to me.
Last night as I lay on my pillow , Last night as I lay on my bed, Last night as I lay on my pillow, I dreamed that my Bonnie was dead.
Bingo
There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-o.
Thys Franklyn, syrs, he brewed goode ayle,
And he called it Rare good Styngo!
S, T, Y, N, G, O!
He call'd it Rare goode Styngo!
Nowe is notte thys a prettie song?
I thinke it is, bye Jyngo,
J wythe a Y"”N, G, O"”
I sweare yt is, bye Jyngo!
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are? Up above the world so high. Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are?
When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Then the traveler in the dark, Thanks you for your tiny spark, He could not see which way to go, If you did not twinkle so.
In the dark blue sky you keep, And often through my curtains peep, For you never shut your eye, Till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright and tiny spark, Lights the traveler in the dark ,"”Though I know not what you are, Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!
One for the master,
One for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full...
"Cluck, cluck, red hen, have you any eggs?
Yes sir, yes sir, as many as your legs.
One for your breakfast and one for your lunch;
Come back tomorrow and I'll have another bunch.
Moo, moo brown cow, have you milk for me?
Yes sir, yes sir, as tasty as can be.
Churn it into butter, make it into cheese,
Freeze it into ice cream or drink it if you please.
Buzz, buzz busy bee, is your honey sweet?
Yes sir, yes sir, sweet enough to eat.
Honey on your muffin, honey on your cake,
Honey by the spoonful, as much as I can make."
A Tisket, A Tasket
A-tisket, a-tasket
A green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it
I dropped it
I dropped it
Yes, on the way I dropped it
A little boy he picked it up
and put it in his pocket.
She was truckin' on down the avenue,
Without a single thing to do
She was peck-peck-peckin all around
When she spied it on the ground
She took it she took it
my little yellow basket
And if she doesn't bring it back
I think that I shall die
(Was it brown?) no, no,no, no,
(Was it red?) no, no,no, no,
(Was it blue?) no, no,no, no,
Just a little yellow basket
London Bridge
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
My fair lady
Build it up with iron bars,
Iron bars, iron bars.
Build it up with iron bars,
My fair lady!
Iron bars will bend and break,
Bend and break, bend and break.
Iron bars will bend and break,
My fair lady!
Build it up with needles and pins,
Needles and pins, needles and pins.
Build it up with needles and pins,
My fair lady!
Pins and needles rust and bend,
Rust and bend, rust and bend.
Pins and needles rust and bend,
My fair lady!
Build it up with penny loaves,
Penny loaves, penny loaves.
Build it up with penny loaves,
My fair lady!
Penny loaves will tumble down,
Tumble down, tumble down.
Penny loaves will tumble down,
My fair lady!
Build it up with silver and gold,
Silver and gold, silver and gold.
Build it up with silver and gold,
My fair lady!
Gold and silver I've not got,
I've not got, I've not got.
Gold and silver I've not got,
My fair lady!
Here's a prisoner I have got,
I have got, I have got.
Here's a prisoner I have got,
My fair lady!
What's the prisoner done to you,
Done to you, done to you?
What's the prisoner done to you,
My fair lady!
Stole my watch and broke my chain,
Broke my chain, broke my chain.
Stole my watch and broke my chain,
My fair lady!
What'll you take to set him free,
Set him free, set him free?
What'll you take to set him free,
My fair lady!
One hundred pounds will set him free,
Set him free, set him free.
One hundred pounds will set him free,
My fair lady!
One hundred pounds we have not got,
Have not got, have not got.
One hundred pounds we have not got,
My fair lady!
Then off to prison he must go,
He must go, he must go.
Then off to prison he must go,
My fair lady!
Me at the end of London Bridge: