The MouthShut office has told me this review is under the correct topic.
There are thousands of Nursery Rhymes & Poems. I thought I'd tell you my favorites.
All of these Rhymes are in books and on audio cassette.
Waring
The older Nursery Rhymes are scary for a young child.
There are bad witches, dragons with flames coming out of their nose and you don't want to know what happens to children who are bad.
The title I used for this review is one of them. It goes like this:
Rock a by baby,
In the tree top,
When the wind blows,
The cradle will rock.
When the limb breaks,
The baby will fall,
And down will come baby,
Cradle and all.
A Song From The Suds, written by a Canadian, Louise May Alcott:
Queen of my tub, I merrily sing,
While the white foam raises high,
And sturdily wash, and rinse, and wring,
And fasten the clothes to dry;
Then out in the free fresh air they swing,
Under the sunny sky.
I wish we could wash from our hearts and our souls
The stains of the week away,
And let water and air by their magic make
Ourselves as pure as they;
Then on the earth there would be indeed
A glorious washing day!
Along the path of a useful life
Will heart's-ease ever bloom;
The busy mind has no time to think
Of sorrow, or care, or gloom;
And anxious thoughts may be swept away
As we busily wield a broom.
I am glad a task to me is given
To labor at day by day;
For it brings me health, and strength, and hope,
And I cheerfully learn to say-
''Head, you may think; heart, you may feel;
But hand, you shall work always!''
Mother Goose:
An apple a day
Sends the doctor away
Apple in the morning
Doctor's warning
Roast apple at night
Starves the doctor outright
Eat an apple going to bed
Knock the doctor on the head
Three each day, seven days a week Ruddy apple, ruddy cheeks.
A Historic Poem:
This rhyme refers to the amorous and amoral Prince Regent who became George IV during Regency times in England.
Georgie Porgie, puddin' and pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry.
When the boys came out to play,
Georgie Porgie ran away.
A cat came fiddling out of a barn,
With a pair of bagpipes under her arm.
She could sing nothing but fiddle dee dee,
The mouse has married the bumblebee.
Pipe, cat; dance, mouse;
We'll have a wedding at our good house.
Little Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Jack Sprat could eat no fat,
His wife could eat no lean,
And so betwixt the two of them
They licked the platter clean.
This Rhyme became a song called Dinah Won't You Blow Your Horn.
I've been workin' on the railroad,
All the live long day.
I've been workin' on the railroad,
Just to pass the time away.
Don't you hear the whistle blowing?
Rise up so early in the morn.
Don't you hear the captain shouting, ''Dinah, blow your horn Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow your horn?
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah.
Someone's in the kitchen, I know.
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
Strumming on the old banjo.
Fee, fie, fiddle-e-i-o.
Fee, fie, fiddle-e-i-o.
Fee, fie, fiddle-e-i-o.
Strumming on the old banjo.
How many miles to Babylon?
Three score and ten.
Can I get there by candlelight?
Aye, and back again.
If your feet are nimble and light,
You'll get there by candlelight.
My Favourite:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the Kings horses and all the Kings men,
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
Humpty Dumpty is a huge egg, that greets you when you walk into the Zoo, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
I hope your children will enjoy these Nursery Rhymes.
Lyla
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