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This is something I taught my kids, I have no idea where it all originates,but I learned it as a child. It may be a purely Brummie thing lol...

I went to the pictures tomorrow

I got a front seat at the back

I fell from the stalls to the gallery

And broke a front bone in my back

The lady she gave me an ice cream

I ate it and gave it her back!

It was Christmas day in the workhouse,

The snow was raining fast

A bare foot man with clogs on

Came slowly wizzing past

I turned a straight crooked corner

To see a dead donkey die

I took out a knife to shoot it

And the donkey spat in my eye!

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Hi lampain I vaguely remember the first verse. but can not remember where from sue

Oh and i was brought up nr Stourbridge and the Lye.

I now live nr oldbury

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Iampain

Wherever it came from its brought a lot of happiness to my children, and now theirs, l heard my four year old granddaughter trying to teach it to her two year old cousin, my grandson. It was hilarious! :-)

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panda60

A childhood rhyme I remember was

Mrs White got a fright in the middle of the night

She saw a ghost eating toast

Halfway up a lamp post!

My mum is from Manchester, my dad from Aberdeen and I was brought up in Glasgow so not sure where it came from.

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fenbadger in reply topanda60

Had that in Hampshire too. :D

in reply topanda60

We have that 1 in NI. :)

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Ginsing in reply topanda60

Brilliant do you know any mor :) xgins

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Sthandra in reply topanda60

I remember that one and I grew up in Norfolk till I was 13

My dad in law used to make up his own nursery rhymes, all slightly rude. Now we are teaching them to the younger generations, I wonder if one day in the future if people will be saying "Now where did that rhyme come from" It`s a thought.

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hamble99b

also known in lancashire! although didn't remember last 4 lines of 2nd one,

it was

"a bare footed girl with clogs on,

stood sitting on the grass." :)

My Dad used to say:-

Goosey goosey Granddad,

Have you any wool.

Yes sir, yes sir,

Upstairs and Downstairs

1 for the

master,

one for the dame,

And all the little ducks went

Quack, quack, Quack!

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TheAuthor

Thank you for sharing this with us all it is really good. I remember one from a long time ago:

One fine day in the middle of the night

Two dead men got up to fight.

Back to back they faced each other

Drew their swords and shot each other!

Take care

Ken x

in reply toTheAuthor

Hi Ken there is a lot more of this ryhme. My son is a scout leader and he has been using it as part of the camp fire get together for years,

hope you and your wife, Is she Lucy or am I thinking of someone else, anyway I hope you are both doing ok and starting to recover. hugs sue

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TheAuthor in reply to

Hi mayrose54

We both okay thank you? it's Julie, you must be thinking of someone else? How are you today?

I didn't know there was more to that rhyme? I am intrigued now? I can't ever remember hearing more?

Take care

Ken x

in reply toTheAuthor

Sorry I got your wifes name wrong that is the height of bad manners, naughty me.

I found the rest of this rhyme by typing the first line into Google. hugs to you both my friend sue

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TheAuthor in reply to

Thank you for that, I will have a look and read of this! I always forget people's names, I am terrible! So no need to apologise my friend.

Ken x x x x

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Ginsing in reply toTheAuthor

my Brother loved that one xgins

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Sthandra in reply toTheAuthor

I remember that one aswell

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Ginsing

Well done I havent heard those for years! Love the dead donkey one.

Thanks for joining in

xgins

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Ginsing

My Father would preside at the table and say

It was a dark and stormy night

And the Brigands sat round the fire.

TELL US A TALE SAID ONE!

and the tale ran thus..........................

It was a dark and stormy knight

and the Brigands sat round the fire..

This would go on around the table until we giggled helplessly.

xgins

Yesterday upon the stairs,

I met a man who wasn`t there.

He wasn`t there again today.

I wish that man would go away

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Ginsing in reply to

So many that we all know xgins

Morning all, I am meant to be working and instead I decided to sneak a peak at what you were up to, one of my co-workers has since walked by my office to see me sitting giggling like a schoolgirl. Thank you soooo much, it was just the tonic I needed today. I thank my stars I stumbled upon this site, I can honestly say you crack me up.

I will have to have a peep in later to see what other rhymes you come up with, I havn't heard these in years...Susan :) :)

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Maggiet

Early one morning in the middle of the night,

Two dead men got up to fight

Back to back they faced each other

Drew their swords and shot each other!

Funny how you remember these silly rhymes!

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VonnyM in reply toMaggiet

I remember that one

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VonnyM in reply toMaggiet

I remember that one

A lady gave me a plain cake with currents in.

I ate it then gave it her back.

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dovetail

I used to say this rhyme to my kids when they were babies & I would love to know the origins of it. I would say it whilst tickling their toes:-

Tom Thumper

Bill Milker

Long Lacer

Cherry Bumper

And a little Tippy Townsend that lives right there!

Each line would be said for each toe, running up to the armpit on the last line. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy the rhyme, any help to find out where it came from would be great!

Thanks a lot,

Love, Tracey xxx

in reply todovetail

I tried looking it up and found it very confusing.but that nothing new. All I managed to work out is that is probably American in origin. sue

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dovetail in reply to

Thanks, Mayrose, & there was I, thinking it was an old Lancashire rhyme! It brings back great memories & I love it! xx

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Iampain

This is a clapping song...I played it in primary school more than 40 years ago, amazing how I can remember it when I forget so much that's happened far more recently. :-)

Lulu had a steamboat

The steamboat had a bell

When Lulu went to heaven

The steamboat went to

Hello operator

Please give me number nine

And if you disconnect me

I'll kick you up behind.... the iron curtain

There was a piece of glass

When Lulu sat upon it

She hurt her little

Assssk me no more questions

I'll tell you no more lies!

And that's the end of Lulu

And all her steamboat lie lie lies!

Anybody else got more to share?

This is one is from my kids when they were in the junior school,I have no idea where they got it from.

Ginger nut.

Fell in the cut.

and frightened all the fishes.

One jumped up and

swallowed him up.

So that was the end of ginger nut.

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wildwoman

Thanks for these, having a bad day and these rhymes have cheered me up! I don,t know any of them except the man on the stairs., but then I,m only a southerner, as my husband keeps reminding me! Being very old, i remember my father used to have a rhyme about a mugwump, put a bit of salt on his tail and take him to the lord mayor,s show. Apparently an old music hall song. My favourite, is a sea shanty .. There was a little drummer and he loved a one eyed cook, and he loved her, oh he loved her though she had a cross eyed look, with her one eye in the pot and the other up the chimney, tra la la! apologies, there was no pc in those days!

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Iampain in reply towildwoman

I was singing the drummer and the cookie to my grandchildren last weekend!! That's a huge coincidence :-)

Its in my mums old songbook, apparently her family used to gather together and sing, to her fathers accompaniment on the organ. There were twelve of them, so they must have been quite a choir!

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wildwoman in reply toIampain

Hi, that,s amazing, I hadn't,t heard it since I was a kid when we had a record of it, then about 6 years ago I found it in an old songbook someone gave me, apparently it's a capstain winding song. Small world!

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Iampain in reply towildwoman

Too true,!

my dad used to sing the Pig song, all I can remember of it is "the pig got up and slowly walked away" Its about a heavy drinker who pigs wouldn't even associate with! I'd love to get hold of that, its from the same era..anyone?

in reply toIampain

I found it by typing the fist line into google. I tried to put it on the sit for you but something went wrong sue

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Iampain

Why not? Isn't that what asterisks are for? :-)

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fenbadger

How about going on another thread? We're all adults (I think) so anyone who gets offended deserves to. I wanna hear it :P

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fenbadger

I like the one from Dad's Army when Fraser tells the story about the old empty barn, . .

Fraser says I can tell you the story about the old empty barn

Mainwaring thinks its a good idea to hear the story about the old empty barn

Mainwaring gathers the men round, shushes everyone....

Gather round men, Fraser's going to tell us the story about the old empty barn.

Fraser looks round with those skull like eyes and says

I'm going to tell you the story about the old empty barn. . .. .

The story of the story about the old empty barn

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fenbadger in reply tofenbadger

Fraser said THERE WAS NOTHING IN IT

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Iampain in reply tofenbadger

Chuckle! The oldies are the goodies :-)

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fenbadger in reply toIampain

That's why I'm a goodie. :)

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Iampain

Using that logic, so am I! :-)

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lilian68

hi all

very entertaining rhymes from you all get a giggle thanks for sharing these.x

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bluebell10

lol, love it ! i might copy it if you don't mind :)

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VonnyM

Old Mrs Jones was a bag of bones

sailing down the river a big fish did come

and bit her bum, and made her belly shiver

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cattistock2013

Hi, I am Brummie to and my Dad who is died many years ago taught me the following

The trees were whistling gailey the birds were in full bloom. I went down in the cellar to clean the upstairs room, I saw ten thousand miles away a house just out of site with walls that were black washed white. Enjoy your day if you are able, Hugs xx

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