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over over de ig in Smar Smar Published William William Collins Collins pi Printed in Hong Hong Kong Kong by in Ki ng td
Contents Let' begi and then again
Nonsen ical
rhym
10
12
20
22
.ra La
24
26
days
Playtime
28 30
Soldier, soldie 36
Join hands! Little love dittie
-0 -2
44 -6 -8
..
50
52 54
Lel
beg
.T,
pell yo pell out!
blue ship
Dip dip dip, It.
te
ti
by
he
Berne, meenie, minie, mo.
le Fishes in
Seve
potato
MORE.
again
One, two, three, love coffee
Once Six,
Then
Daddy'
gone a-hu ti g, in.
To
Pa Pat it
ic
it,
with
Pu it in
Dance
My little ab y, Dance to. little lamb
little dishy,
in.
apple,
le
Satu day, Sunday Monday Saturday
Su da
Monday
onse ic
ym
le
th
poon
Rub-a-dub-dub, in
think
The candlestick-maker, 'Twa
en ug
to
th in
10
And aU
Owing more,
Cats in
Yes,
darlin
daughter
the' city,
street
Up
Fallin ow .•fallin down London Bridge is ll
City Road,
Mix. it
it th
12
ta le
Or Say the Yo ow m e W'ben will y o
th
ells
Cl:ement' s.. farthi.ngs, me
Sh redrtc
Say the bell of Stepne ly
th Sa
13
Mary
It followed her
so the teache turned it out, Bu till it lingered near waited patientl about Mary did appear.
The
the farm Come, butter.come, Come butter co e,
Corne, butter
come
donkey tha wouldn't g o . , I'd
wool?'
l;
Wh
live
ow
he
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Rich man, Poorman, Beggar man, Thief.
This year Sometime, Never.
Church, Chapel, Cathedral, Abbey.
18
ha
,Ana th ring IGold,
.Uver,
Silk,
Coach. Carriage, Wheelbarrow, Dustcart ..
Satin,
Cotton, Rags.
~pper. Ifrass.
ll Bi house, Littl house, Pi ty Barn.
il
hall
wear?
dinner?
Davy Da Dumpling Hh Sugar hiim an butte him,
pony
t, cold
Peas porrid Pease porridge in it of again, it of again,
Some like it hot, Some like it cold, Nine
20
Little
Miss Muffet
Eating her curd an whey;
Who sat
Little Tomm Tucker Sing fo hi up er:.
it
How
Without
'e
Without e'er
kn wife?
both,
They licked th
latter dean.
21
Then up
He
paper.
..
'i'
."
oa
lo
mill, go! it, it, in th
morn morn
Rain
24
th hous housee-to top, p,
Ipse Ipse
ipse ipse
li
spid spider er
in
th spou spout; t; rain II
ca Ipse Ipse
th ipse ipse
nshi nshine ne spid spider er
Clim Climbi bing ng
agai again. n.
sunshiny shower lf
in
in go ag in noth noth
y, day, day,
tt
25
Ladybird
ladybird
nn
te
o'cloc
ch la dock,
uttercup
an
omin in th
uttercup Spring
daisie prin time
an aisies ever where.
Blowin hi horn, Th ull' in Is wort Th
silver spoon;
aids in th meadow
July
Th duck in th ri er re wi mi away
ittl Bo
lu
Th cow' in th corn
Fast asleep I,
For if
cry.
27
Playtime dirty rascaL
Finders keepers, Losers weepers.
Kitt Fi he fo nd it; Not in it, it.
28
Tell tale tit,
Shal have
little
it
Here am I, ittl um in
I'll in
ou
song,
an
29
Goosey goosey gander hith
ll
nd
pstairs and downstairs And in
lady's chamber.
ck Agains ic th In
eter
eter
mpkin. eater, in
in
eter te
:."
ki to
'T
30
eter
.'
ll
eater, l,
cr ok ca gh
ix stil cr ck
ll li
little cr
ke
ho
ce
it
Half Did it in eed, said Mr ..Reed .B
basket
wo
I,
er
Gl
Soldier, Soldie
32
For
Oh soldier, soldie
will
33
in And And hecalled
thre ..
tm
air
id Lavender's green;
le
35
Bow-wow says
Buff, sent him for of sn ff
bag il
all My enny's worth.
'" ow wow, says th dog, th t, hu
th
ca
ys th
ck qu ck ha cuck
..
~...
36
..
l, ys th du k, yo
no
where, oh
he?
Hark hark
injags,
37
Join hands!
li
Oh, Oh,
bright summer's
38
a;
Ring-a-ring o'roses, pocket full of posies A-tishoo A-tishoo
in th
Lying fast asleep
A-tishoo
A-tishoo
eado
No
An feed po Su
st awbe ries
Sugar and spice
Three
love.
Five e l
s m
e he c tarries, courts,
Twelve he marrie
He don't, He'll. av me He won't, He wo ld coul he can't,
So
VI lets ar bl e, sweet
41
ry Bush
On
42
43
ng
Poor thing. He'U sit in barn,
wing, Poor thing.
Let it
44
no no fast r, Ally-ally-blaster: Selling
penny
piece.
Jingle ll in le bells! Jingle all the way: ride it
45
And ail the littl
Little ac Ho ne Sat in th corner in in hi thumb,
children
Christma is coming
Hush
If
If
.... ~... -,.,
48
.
••
....
.t
.:'_
~"i
....
If
,~: 'M
·i::
.9
er and treet. And join your play ellows in th Come with .a all. Come with
wiU l; ou find milk and I'll in flour, in half an hour
is Rapping at
lock,
ei ht
in
clock?
"Jac be imbl JacM quick, Th candlestick.
Twinkle twinkle, little star,
How
wonder what you
Like
diam nd in
teachers C o ll in s E n g li s
N u r s e n j Rhymes is
illu trated coUectio
beautifully of nearly 100 rhymes
chants
i.e. drum
en
hake s, be ls woodblocks
ak part of ever
nglish speaking
ch ld's upbringing er
er
ch
ee
very quickly although
Note fo parent it
will language.
genera
translation.
Music usin
en children's vo ce with particular at ention
If
It
an ed know 52
game
Al
al
an
becoming bored. If they find ai
ores
ai
int!
esti
Notes forteachers
teac in
losr.
' ic k le , o c k le , bl
ar
foll
s:
ic sessio inin learning with physical activity
ne
it
to
diffic lties. Bein
su ject
le-p ge
L D v en d er '
'Lavender'
traditio
i.
rh
es
read
la gu nd them
ils) ..
ld-fas io ed
re te
.3
ell- no
ckle
je :2
tt
ofa
al
ecti
e.
al
or .3 times.
.2
b lu e
chil re
sh ld list
or (Dis
ra
re di
blue diddle diddle
with 'green'. help
He
primar
Wha
Th
th
colours.
Mulberry H u s h ,
rc ssio
Summary
b oy s m ad e o f
should be
children !'Lnswer:'Paper!
will
we
.E .£
children playin
O r a ng e
an
li e!
co
nd
m cm s
R os i
G r ee n
will know F eb r a r
1986
No
m us ic i n s
su ficien
to pl
th
(C
straig tc rd
etc)
Let' Begin, p, D ip , d ip , d ip ; Hie. o c kl e b lu e , b a c kl e E e n i« , to choose Uch 'it'
O u . g oe s h . r a rn
turn while reciting th chant. reac ed th child
ne tolen, ~ n
-o who is then 'it'. ne potalo,fWo
In thiS, th
potilio
children hold
is
One, lwo, t hr ee , f ou r f iv e
I .h e again
in er-pla
ame.
O n e , n o o , b . u c k l r n l /s h o e On
wo
kippin
hr
rh
e.
a-courting
attracti
oyar
PAT-A-CAKE,PAT-A-CAKE
I' P. _l
cake,
ba
Dm
can,
f.il!ji!
it
Pat
B.
AtU:!
Dm
111
for
the
B y e , bllby b u n f i n g bye sleep baby buntin
rockin
irlfri nd
Clapping and hand-action song, First cla hands, then stir th cake shap it an draw a. l et t 'B on he baby's hand. Finally t h o w h e cake vigorously nt th ve nd clap rhythmically song.
me
b..-byand
lullaby.
DANCE
Y OU R
AD F'm
67
Baby's bouncing song.
87
b ab b y
f is h
childish form of ' ba b y f is h Dance
1 l1 - t I b o
10
by.
ce
dy.
yo
MyF'
67
Wh
F'",
54
£nall h av e
87
boat 87
F?19
ilfJ .a
th
tle
]~
t 'J i
tI
Wh
rda
lamb.
rattle basket rattle made of basket work.
Hu h- by
b ab y
hush-a-bye
ll I h
re
slee
Nonsensica
lullab ..
op
fo play?
mallY
quietl
rhymes
10 RlfB.A~DlfB.DUB
rub-a-du =rub as in washin clothe
Em
rift
JI
\.
01
dub,
ThI"t"E'
Em
gg
Il
!O Ihcr,e1
nd
tub,
bu-
Th. 8m
ch
Ihe
lumped
.1 Tw
you
think
Ih~y
The
ker,
ba
hi',
slick,
fm
II of
out
e no ug h t o m ak e
po ma
I.
10.
st re
Hrr
DIDDLE DIDDLE
diddle
di
Th.
d le ,
nonsense
word
fiddle
I~.y.
it WaS
01
01
s po ke n
do
h.ow
'twas
il
an
[",,1'
fo
the
-dle,
row
h.
jumP
IJ-
ver
violin
,lh-t
Em 01
01
i 'l l
the
Y!I1th
in .fhe w i ld e rn e ss , h .
D u m p t y sa
Humpty OWfr!
Mo
si il r,
li
Th.
moon:
we
or
lie
do
laughed
to
se
!5l'UcJ,
sport
lI.nd
ran
spoon.
ke
An ol ri dle.
me
th wall
H o d dl ey . p o dd /e y p u dd l Iw chant.
action song
Mother,
wa
ha
01
if er nt
ry
eanings.
ay
go
fogs
sw m?
rh th ic hickor
no se se
limb
12 W i ld o
Br dg
s fa U in g d ow n Or ge
!em./J11S.
City R o a d wn jumping. agle an inn; tuppence tool, weasel
.c
arch to
light
last op
twopenny;
pawn;
.1em./J11S
An
Chip, chop, chip, c h o p ,
if she will.
has chosen. She
drink or food. Oranges
be
thrOl.lgfi the all chant: 'Here
.a
children are over. .50I:\g.
Sally g o o u
hesu
they sing.
le
p..14 MARY
UTIULAMB
~D
M,I-'1'
M.I-ry
had
tit'
went.
ry
iii
ry
Ev
wem.
w he r
hd
de
lamb,
Mi
M;
ry
hod
the-
~'
d:
~~~
ht
lamb.
"& 11
p. 16 C om e
An ancient ch rm se to
b u e r c om e
butter-making,
ee
Fn
rl=t#J
(;31 J.
t:l#§i5tT1tl Leiw e Ihem,)
lor-e•.md
._. l .. - bE·-
Bnrl~mH.
th(Jm
hmd
Cherry ston rhymes p. 18
Th se re rh es se il re to tell thei fortunes by counting cherry stones or by skipping.
What's fo dinner p.
20
both hand then start again, ow hands, righ hand an Th la fast fast ti so
clapping song to warm cold hands. Tw children stan facing each othe an clap hand to the song in this way: clap ow hands, clapr.ighthands ow hands, left hands, ow hands,
Prnse p o r r i d g e
Lrrnr F"m
QJ6j
1m
C'm
I@
sa down be
56
Ea
Muffet
'm
'm
mistake.
M IS S M U F E T
B7
a-
tuffet
mound
87
!'
,J MH
akes
ing
curd an whey mllky cheese
~J?iJJJJhl J. b i
grassy
p id er ,
Wh
MY
e'er Bm
Em
QjJ ru
I_h.-
ever or even
Wh
his slipper
br
bu
Bm
er
Em
platter
RA
fla dis
fl"i
rr.lt
I.I,'k
l"~,ukl
ac
wifec,'ukl
f1,'
l'.11
tean,
nd
SP
lr -f een the
S7
'" both,
Hi...
(.11.
c"ll
y~1U
Thrv
se-e.
licked
1111"
dpalt
nd Jill,
tIfi
J);gggJ ac
Jill Went
an
b r k e h i! ! c r w n
An
up
the
[ill came
To
hiU,
fetch
pail
IU"lb _,llng
of
crown head caper r u a n jump
U d
er
Rain, Ra n, ra
go awa
children to char
he rain away ! P E Y W IP SE Y S P D E
finger action song Th thumbs touch opposite Utilefingers while th hand rotate ba n d f or th , t o show th spider climbing th spout.
,\
rain
dried
-d
nd
up
r,lin;
Out
out.
Ip
h.
! oU I
~ hI ll L
nd
5l'Y
57
La
d ay s
p, 26 L A DY B R D
L A DY B R D
IJ Lad·
bird.
bird.
Fly
YOUf
is
hO'U5e
e -
nd your
67
67
J_.. gone-;
ex· "'pt
Al
on ,-
,oJ:
iadyblrd is u t the child' finger an th rhym u ng . h e t h child b l w s the ladybird and it will usually flyaway.
tle
thaf'S:
nd
magic rhyme al er Europe. The
67
she
di er
has
dollar
crept
Probably mean slow an stupid boy.
OY
Id4
T h e r od e
il
t h w o o d p il e
H2;==f=l mt 1-
bo
look
Thco
He's
df
if
Fur
Wilt
sleep.
F.ast
n - d
lIl;l~
Wh
1.)1,','.
Dm'
Am
Nu,
threshing
UE
il=t=JF".bl
curn,
a-threshing.
sure
do
him?
wake
to
Playtime, p. 28 LuCY
LOCKET
ty
01
ri
bi.'I.n
round
F is h - e r
ot
PC
ny
it.
pocket purse On chil stands blind-fold in th middle of a.circl of children second chil walk slowly around th outsid of th circlewhil they .allsing th song Afte th end.h continue around an quietl drop an je be in th il re in th ri as to try to tc th ro er fore ru ro th 58
found
circlean gets back to wher he droppe it. If game starts gues wher ar chasin droppe an
with
again. However, if the blindfolded child can th object wa droppe whil th children each other, then he change places with th th game continue ..
St
30 GOOSEY G O O SE Y G A N D E R
J' oe
go
ga
.o,ey
goosey ~.goos chambe bedroom
Ill)r
_,de
wa
,_der
stairs
tll1iJ
'O
lJJIJO :lnl
It I'
m.y
a,
~&a
dy's
b ee .
There
tf·· wQ.uki
001
••
'(""k
pu-yer:s.
hi>
him
by
nd
leg
threw
hi
d ow n
the
"'&" stairs.
JJ W<15,iI
J,
EFR
crooked
Jill ac
ed
EAH"J C.lt
B1
~. .1
e-
In
~i=t;.
l it tl e c ro o
ee
E2f2El;
~lHIlIJ1J
b ou s
u ot h s ai d aye, by-all-by yes, very soon
tlJJjJrln c:
F1f W he r
ill
t' It,
sh
C7
Dm
C;
:P., o-mal1.old
W~1-m,iln.lJld
Om
h;~hl
up
WU-in.;m,Yl,.lulh
ln
OJ go
Dm
Ji .yo, by
d -
S9
DR
OS ER WENT
GLOUCESTER
J 4 ¥¥ = 9= 1 r l- P- yP L- = = € ¥1 = ¥ F f¥ ¥
~.
In
ter
HE
ehow
p L d d l~ . R ig h
Ef hi.. m i
u ~ y e w en t t he r
An
Soldier, Soldier,
32 SOLDIER,
Oh
so
d lc r
5(l~-
dier,
in
t)" maid,
Ih1,
gain.
-iI.-
ry
you
musket gun fife flute
SOLDIE
me Wi
mu
y uu r
have
Fo
no
Iife
Oh
and
to put
CThlI
Then
On.
nl Wily
she
ij~
went
T"
he
b ro ug h h i
nd
G7
l' 5 I . . , j , _ ditH'
put
!m
Oh,
Oh
drum?
~ ~ I - d te r
chee,
I)'
of
tb
v !; '! "- y
v er -
'I
An
;1
:J,:
on
one
will
ry
yL.1U
maid,
"Then
on.
34 OLD
~H£1
nl:
Jfl2f"£.Ff¥I#§=F-b1bI~ .~~ ry old
r - r
called for hi"
501.11\~'il5
fl
87
h.d-
fiddle
nd
Oh there'
Y~r-y
81
ca
60
With KinS Col.
an
hi
Fidd-I~ts-
rn
three.
none
"'-
rare
A.
A VE N DE R
diddle diddle n on se ns e w or d
e.
~i
blue
U~
am
k in g d i
oh
w he r
die, dlli -dle.
queen.
36 1rrL
Oh
.....here,
\\I~u'IT' has
ch
OG
til-tit>
my
do;:
Em
where
~lJn(o?
he
ca
1\
~'\'II
bL'?
h"
l','U''5-
Sfl1lrt
CU
ilfld
lus
Oh
II~n1!;r
ut
t;~!f
Em
"h
38 POOR M A R
L IE S A -W E E P N G circle
MiI.-ry
(1'001"
in;g
I,,,,
On
bright
1 5 -u m - m e r
w ee p
w ee p- . I ng ,
i n; ;; .
W i! -I !
d~!:.'
the
loll"
,-
ins.
roo.
.>
she
ry
11f'S
til the centre w ee pi ng . T he y s ta n s ti l w hi l ~1.l:r choose on
m us t k ne el .
ch
Em
Em
singing,
rt Till
th
gr.JSr'i grows
in
nON
up-
change
rtN we
K155
i1
tempo.
Em
!)
wish
her
R IN G A R N G
t hr e
ver!
f lr ue s
ROSES
c'roses posies
o f r os e small
flowers
•• Hshoo pm
iE'S
tlsh
of
sneeze
sound
.J is
-e
fall
.1
W.
a - d
I;'QW!i
Th
f'J
children
ll fall on.
ee
ly
50
.. tieh
h - o
s le e p
-OCI!
up
WE
gain,
Little love ditties, p. 40 CURLY
wilt thou
LOCKS
F'm
elm
87
Iy
locks
be
you
shall
J-1 .Iy
will
you t ho u s ha l
mihl!-?
nor yet a ls o n o swine pigs
wash
not
~m
--44
.J yet
feed
the
swine;
slt
But
F'm
Feed
o fU s
I)~
cm
B7
II
up-on
Em
rg#lJ
I~·gl
JsJJIJJJ l it :
/ o tI e ; S h e
/(1tle5
He looe
These
children's one.
42 HERE
GO
O UN D
:E
UL f'm
PI muJ-'bry
Here .E
b""".Th.
A n a ct io n s on g
US
The children
B7
dance in
i'J rnul 'bey
a ct i e r e s E ac h action vers should be followed vigorous circle dance, singing round the m ul be rr y b us h
mu.l.- ''bry
67
~tt'I
.. rn.IJI- 'bry
' b u sh . O n
iI
and
mid
f""ty
mom-ing.
THE C'm
blow,
62
BLOW ·rn
doth e'm
B7
have
5AOW,
nd
circle,
what
wit!
poor
does
IF
'm
8'1
:F lim
87
~-
il
H.'Il
thlng.
In.nl
B,
sit
"',.",
in
nd
keop~im",lf
B1
III, )\,nd
warm,
M,
hid.
h••d
lJO
,-dtr
hi~
wi r e g , .
Bul on tochi
thing_
IP"".
aOy-blaste =stren
. sn o w , s no w f as t meaning)
(winter) clothing
wind (possibl
J IN G L E B EL LS , J N G L E B EL L
III
lr
is
e.
- h
10
i!
bcn,~
u - ~
46
LI LE
AC
HORNER Em
8rn
E .l I
Em
i n. :
,t
i"
m.
h um b
An
11
HR
MA
ha'penny halfpenny
87
Ch is
m il s
F'
'm
' pP r
fiy
I,"
fur - ;p e
ol
the
man's
87
,E
, _rty
will
do,
he
If
got
you
:I
YOLl
haven't
.a
I\.
rrm
E7
g,().[
h.
pt'nny,
B7
es
Hush Little B a b y , p. 48 HUS
Hush,
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