Nursery Rhymes

[jacquelineve]

These are probably "music hall songs" that my grandad taught me. Perhaps someone may know all the
words..

I kissed her on the lips ..how ashamed I was(then something about smelling fish+chips)
also..

"My name is Ikey Moses, I'm very well known you see
I live in the city of Manchester, I keep a shop of my own"

Jackie

[jettejjane]

This is a great thread and so many memories are being unlocked.

Just remembered this one:

Winking, Blinking and Nod one night sailed off on a silver shoe....

That's all I remembered so googled it. Written in  1889 by an American a Dutch Lullaby. Spelling is Wynken, Blynken and Nod.  It's a lovely  rhyme.
To symbolize child's sleepy eyes and nodding head-so sweet.

Dad loved poetry and Shakespeare,believe it or not he used to recite many of the  soliloquies to me,  his favourite was To Be or not to be-heavy stuff for a child. But I loved it and still do, know it off by heart!

Jackie he too taught me lots of music hall songs that his dad taught him.

And Stanley Holloways monologues, Albert and the Lion and The Battle of Hastings - ..and 'arold with eye full of arrow, on  'is 'orse with 'is 'awk in  'is 'and. Brilliant.

Lovely happy memories of Dad

Jane

[Mowsehowse]

This is a great thread and so many memories are being unlocked.

Dad loved poetry and Shakespeare,believe it or not he used to recite many of the  soliloquies to me,  his favourite was To Be or not to be-heavy stuff for a child. But I loved it and still do, know it off by heart! 

Jane

I know I used to recite anything I could think of to keep my first born from screaming.
I swear he knew the "Owl and the Pussycat" backwards at 2 weeks old!! 

[Designer Jeans]

Funny how these things trigger long forgotten memories - this one from 1960

I remember the whole of the top class of Bulwell St Mary's school singing and skipping to "The Big Ship Sails on the Ally Ally Oh" while waiting to be let into class to take our 11+

Valerie

[a-l]

I remember Aunty Mary lol. Here's another one, A froggy would a wooing go hey ho says Roly. I can't remember any more but I think it was a very long song. We sang that around the piano at Infant school. Also Soldier , Soldier won't you marry me ? I'll be singing that all day now it's got into my head !

[Mowsehowse]

I remember Aunty Mary lol. Here's another one, A froggy would a wooing go hey ho says Roly.  We sang that around the piano at Infant school. Also Soldier , Soldier won't you marry me ?

We are a bit Off Topic right now, as these are not nursery rhymes, but does anyone else remember the singing sessions guided by radio broadcasts in the late 50's and early 60's?

[a-l]

my apologies

[jaybelnz]

Yes, I remember the Broadcasts to schools.  They were great.  One song I remember - one that is particularly appropriate at the moment, was

Jolly rugger weather
Frosty tang in the breeze
All pull together??
Bare arms and knees
School School forever
On the ball till the daylight flees
School school forever
On the ball till the daylight flees!

Others may be more clever
rivals may make more row
But we'll stick together
No foe shall make us bow
.?
.
.

Oh darn it... Will have to go and check Google for the rest of the words !

I seem to remember reading somewhere that it was adapted from the original Eton Boating Song!

So I will sing that tomorrow when I watch the All Blacks playing Tonga!  And if I don't go to sleep right now,  I'll miss it altogether!

Night all!  Go the All Blacks!

Jeanne

[Mowsehowse]

my apologies 

It was just a statement, not meant as a rebuke.  You can see I have been doing it too.