I always felt quite sorry for poor little Polly Flinders. All she was doing was warming her pretty little toes among the cinders, and then got her nice new clothes dirty so her mother whipped her. Cruel bitch! >:(
Eeper Weeper, chimney sweeper,
had a wife but couldn't keep her.
Had another, didn't love her,
up the chimney he shoved her.
S-w-e-e-p-e-r spells sweeper.
Simple Simon met a pieman,
Going to the fair;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
What have you got there
Says the pieman to Simple Simon,
Pies, you idiot
Simple Simon met a pieman,
Going to the fair;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
What have you got there
Says the pieman to Simple Simon,
Pies, you idiot
As an animal lover I never liked the idea of four and twenty LIVE blackbirds being baked in a pie (Sing a Song of Sixpence)
The birds weren't killed though - "When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing"
In medieval and early modern times banquets were more about spectacle than actual food and it was quite common for a pie to contain live animals who would spring out when the crust was cut - obviously the pie crust was pre-cooked and placed over the birds in the dish once cool.
I rather liked this one because it had a 'happy' ending but ....................I was always furious with little Johnny Flynn.
Ding dong bell
Pussy's in the well
Who put her in?
Little Johnny Flynn
Who pulled her out?
Little Tommy Stout
What a naughty boy was that
Try to drown poor Pussycat,
Who ne'er did any harm
But killed all the mice
In the Farmer's barn!
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This sort of explains it Penny.
http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=hes&p=1470
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe......;)
kids still ended it the same nowadays with the n word
They should have got some Polish brickies in.
Sorry to be even pickier, but it's actually spelled with three "n"s.
And unless you're American then it's 'spelt'.
(Sorry to join in there)
had a wife but couldn't keep her.
Had another, didn't love her,
up the chimney he shoved her.
S-w-e-e-p-e-r spells sweeper.
Part of a skipping game, if I remember correctly.
? Spelt is something you lot use. When we use it we're refering to a type of grain.
Going to the fair;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
What have you got there
Says the pieman to Simple Simon,
Pies, you idiot
It NEVER states that.
My head did a real swivel when I heard that on a CD I was playing in the car for my son years ago!!
I always thought it was to instil a sense of urgency into a somewhat docile creature
Sounds like Tim Burton's take on a Disney classic.
'Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?'
'Piss off'.
I thought it was hysterical at the time.
Yeah you're right, not as funny now.
Hickory Dickory Dock
Humpty Dumpty Is a Crock
Went to Gaol, As a Male
Now He's Wearing a Frock
or
Mary Had A Little Lamb
She Brought it to A Weddin'
Propped It Up Against a Wall
Then Kicked it's Wee Head In (adapted for forums rules..)
..also livestock friendly ones such as
Baa Baa Black Sheep
*BANG*
You taste Nice
The English are all as mad as as sin I tell you.
The birds weren't killed though - "When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing"
In medieval and early modern times banquets were more about spectacle than actual food and it was quite common for a pie to contain live animals who would spring out when the crust was cut - obviously the pie crust was pre-cooked and placed over the birds in the dish once cool.
You beat me to it, poor little things
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/this_is_the_house_that_jack_built.htm
It's on the same lines as 'A Partridge In A Pear Tree' (which of course is a song)
This one is about counting sheep
http://www.bubblews.com/news/1410584-the-meaning-behind-the-nursery-rhyme-hickory-dickory-dock
Ding dong bell
Pussy's in the well
Who put her in?
Little Johnny Flynn
Who pulled her out?
Little Tommy Stout
What a naughty boy was that
Try to drown poor Pussycat,
Who ne'er did any harm
But killed all the mice
In the Farmer's barn!
The cat had a piddle
Right in the middle of the floor
The little dog laughed to see such fun
So the cat did a little bit more