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my 2 favorites are:
chick chick chick chick chicken and sleeping bunnies these 2 don't get as much recognition as they need to with the latter, I only heard it when I was older so perhaps it's a newer one. but chick chick chick chick chicken I knew all my life |
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I'm fond of a song titled: "Josè embala o menino" ("Joseph Rocks the Baby"). I've heard it performed both by the Portuguese singer: Maria Ana Bobone as well as by the late Spanish vocalist Montserrat Figueras. And I love both versions. (They're both on YouTube, by the way.) And then, speaking of Montserrat Figueras ... she recorded an audio CD of lullabies from a number of countries, covering the period from 1500 to 2002, titled: "Ninna Nanna". Her performance of "Josè embala o menino" is on that CD. It's a favorite. Those probably aren't the sorts of things you had in mind. But they're favorites of mine.
P.S. These aren't nursery rhymes / songs, but if you happen to listen to "Ninna Nanna" & find it to be of interest, there's another audio CD Montserrat Figueras recorded titled "Lux Feminae" ("The Light of Women") that is wonderful too. It's also on YouTube. |
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The one that has always stuck in my mind (because I couldn't figure out what it was saying until one day it hit me) is:
Mairzy dotes & Dozy dotes & little lamzi divy, kidly divy to wooden shoe. (Mares eat oats & doe's eat oats & little lambs eat ivy. A kid will eat ivy too, wouldn't you?) Mairzy Doats (Mares Eat Oats) - YouTube __________________ Leo's favorite place was in the passenger seat of my truck. We went everywhere together like this. Leo my soulmate will live in my heart FOREVER Nov 1, 2002 - Dec 16, 2018 |
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Itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain; and the itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the spout again.
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this sounds sweet. and I honestly love the spanish accent, so think I'd really enjoy it thanks for suggesting |
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I really like brahms lullaby. I have an instrimental version of it, and the version with lyrics recorded by hayley westenra. I don't think she has the nicest voice (she's okay)
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It's been a long time since I thought about them. Since I never had children, I never got the chance to share any. Though not a nursery rhyme or song, one thing I did do to my husband not long ago was common for parents to do to little kids or even babies. They'd grab each toe (one at a time) and say the following:
Big toe: "This little piggy went to the market." Second toe: "This little piggy stayed home." Middle toe: "This little piggy had roast beef." Second to last toe: "This little piggy had none." Little toe: "This little piggy went 'Wee, wee, wee....all the way home!" [And then usually my mother would run her fingers (like running) all the way from my little toe to my face. My Czech husband said they do something somewhat similar in Czech Republic. ----- A really old song that I always liked surely originated in England, or somewhere in the UK. It is always sung at Christmas time. It goes: "Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat. Please put a penny in the old man's hat. If you have no penny, a half-penny will do. If you have no half-penny, God Bless You!" |
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***** Cat, ***** Cat, where have you been?
I've been to London to visit the Queen. ***** Cat, ***** Cat, what did you there? I frightened a little mouse under her chair. ETA Oh gosh! I had no idea that would be bleeped out anyway, you all remember the rhyme and know it's quite innocent...I hope. |
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Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair So Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was he? Arty- Farty had a party, all his friend were there. Tooty -Fruity let a beauty And they all dove out for air. No exactly classic nursery rhymes, but I did love these as a child ..and still do. |
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wow I have not heard that one in ages I also like round an round the garden like a teddy bear 1 step, 2 step, tickly under their |
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I liked so many of them but as a child I thought this one was a good description of me (it was part of my childhood nursery rhyme book):
There was a little girl Who had a little curl, Right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, She was very good indeed, But when she was bad she was horrid. |
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Go to sleep, go to sleep
Don’t wake me up until morning Stay asleep, stay asleep Please let me stay fast asleep Mary has a little lamb, her fleece was white as snow. Every where that Mary went, her lamb was sure to go. One potato two potato three potato four Five potato six potato seven potato more One two buckle my shoe, three four open the door, five six pick up sticks, seven eight lay them straight, nine ten do it all over again. When I say one, you say two. When you say two, I say three. Ready, one two three here we go. you’re turn. One two three let’s go. |
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I never even heard that first one about sleep interesting.. |
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5 little ducks went swimming 1 day, over the hills and far away.
mother duck said quack quack quack quack, and only 4 little ducks came back |
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I really like "Ladybug Ladybug. My nick when I was little was Linniebug because I would constantly bug my maternal granddad with his photography work, especially his dark room.
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There was a song we sang in third grade, a song for Halloween. I still remember the words:
Black and gold, Black and gold, Nothing in between. When the world turns Black and gold Then it's Halloween. __________________ |
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a sailor went to sea sea sea
pretty boring after a while, but yeah 10 in a bed 5 little speckled frogs creepy crawly caterpillar ring a rosey jack and jill |
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boo, cackle, trick or treat it's halloween night on trick or treat street boo, cackle, trick or treat, please give us something nice to eat. one of the very first halloween songs I learned |
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Trick or Treat, smell my feet
Give me something good to eat Not too big, not too small Just the size of Montreal A bit rude, and we never had the gall to say this to the adults who answered the door when we trick or treated as kids, But we loved saying it at home in the lead-up excitement to Halloween. |
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I love this!. I have never heard it before either |
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