Author Topic: Old nursery songs we remember (Read 7760 times)

Jackie 2 · « **on:** May 29, 2010, 10:08:08 pm »

One of my favourites was:-

Gee up Neddy to the fair
What will you buy me when you get there?

Anyone remember that?

Sharondp · « **Reply #1 on:** May 30, 2010, 08:46:10 am »

Horsey, Horsey, don't you stop
Just let your feet go clippety-clop
Your tail go swish and your wheels go round
Giddy up we're homeward bound!

Don't remember yours Jackie sorry - this could be a fun thread!

sheila · « **Reply #2 on:** May 30, 2010, 09:16:48 am »

I want someone to give me a pony......Jig jog jig jog jigger jog jee
Not too fat and not too boney...... * * * * ****** etc
For I want to go for a ride
All around the countryside
with a jig jog jig jog jigger jog jee

this ditty is accompanied by the child sitting on someones knee and riding. The child eventally "falls" between the legs of the "pony"

Wizard · « **Reply #3 on:** May 30, 2010, 09:39:53 am »

Jack and Gill went up the hill.I know some much more interesting versions now !

Jackie 2 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 30, 2010, 11:10:27 am »

The last bit of the above childs rhyme is:

a hapepenny apple and a penny pear.
Gee up Neddy to the fair.

Now remember this one?

Little brown fox went trotting along
leg over leg, leg over leg,
He comes to a brook
and he jumps the brook
and he jumps the brook again!

Child sits on knee with adult crossing the childs leg over leg until they jump the child in the air at the 'jump the brook' part.

Sharondp · « **Reply #5 on:** May 30, 2010, 02:26:01 pm »

We used to do the crossing leg action to....

Leg over leg over
Dog went to Dover
When he got to the stile
UP he went over

(Jump on the 'UP')

Sandy · « **Reply #6 on:** June 02, 2010, 11:34:58 pm »

What about another on the same theme:_
This is how the lady's ride, trot trit trot,
ditto
This is how the gentlemen ride, gallop to gallop
ditto
This is how the farmer rides. clop clip clop
Ditto
ALl done on the knee at varying speeds
I'm far to fat for that now

DId anyone get told to be in thier beds otherwise the nine O'clock horses would get them, that used to really frighten me and I used to think I could hear them comming

Sharondp · « **Reply #7 on:** June 03, 2010, 08:07:53 am »

One misty moisty morning
When cloudy was the weather
There I met an old man
Cloth-ed all in leather
Cloth-ed all in leather
With a strap under his chin
How do you do?
How do you do?
How do you do again?