Remember any old silly verses etc you were told as a child

[JenC]

We used to say that one:D

[nanrobbo]

Oh Jemima look at your uncle Jim

He's in the bathtub learning how to swim

First he does the backstroke then he does a dive

Now he's under the water

Swimming against the tied.

 

And the tomato Jim I remember is:

You've heard of Aunt Sally and you mind Uncle Jim

Well his wife threw some tomatoes at him

Tomatoes don't hurt he said with a grin

But the buggers did cos the came in the tin.

[Joto]

Thanks nan for those I think I must have been deprived when I was a kid, I never realized there was so many funny rhymes out there.

[lindilu]

I went to the pictures[cinema] tomorrow

I got a front seat at the back

A lady gave me a chocolate

I ate it and gave it her back

[longchat]

one summers day in winter

the rain was snowing fast

a bare footed girl with clogs on

stood up while sat on the grass

[Joto]

Thanks lindilu and longchat , I like those, do you remember one like those about meeting someone on the stairs?

[Steptoad]

humpty dumpty sat on a wall

humpty dumpty had a great fall

all the kings horses

and all the kings men

had scrambled egg for breakfast

 

Did you know the original version of Humpty Dumpty was actually a question rhyme. The last line was something like "Who was Humpty Dumpty?"

[Plain Talker]

Did you know the original version of Humpty Dumpty was actually a question rhyme. The last line was something like "Who was Humpty Dumpty?"

 

Humpty Dumpty was actually a cannon, IIRC, at the time of the English Civil War, which broke when being fired.

 

Edit to add, a version of the HD rhyme was used in the nursery my lad went to teach the kiddies road safety.

 

HD Sat on a wall

Watching the children

Play with a ball.

Don't run into the road, said he,

Or You'll have an accident,

Just like me!

[jennyren]

never put humpty together again .. O K

[the peggsta]

Has anyone ever heard this

Chinese chinky went to milk a cow

chinese chinky didnt know how

chinese chinky pulled the wrong t*t

chinese chinky covered in sh*t.

Not very PC i know but i thought it was funny when i was a kid.