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Horse Trotting Rhymes to Play with Older Kids
Sunday, July 27th, 2008In my previous blog post I mentioned some English rhymes which can be played with children sitting on adults’ laps, with either babies or older kids.
This time, I’d like to discuss another genre of lap rhymes called Horse Trotting Rhymes.
Horse Trotting Rhymes are usually done with older kids. You wouldn’t want to play these babies since you don’t want to jiggle their heads.
When singing these songs you move your legs up and down with the child on your knees as if they’re riding a horse. Older kids love these rhymes.
Ride a Cock-horse to Banbury Cross is one of the best-known English Horse Trotting Rhymes…
Ride a Cock-horse to Banbury Cross
Ride a cock-horse* to Banbury Cross,
To see a fine lady upon a white horse;
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
And she shall have music wherever she goes.*A cock-horse is anything a kid rides on and pretends is a horse (i.e. someone’s lap, a rocking horse or a wooden stick with a wooden horses head).
Trot, Trot, Trot to Boston is another well-known Horse Trotting Rhyme. Below I’ve listed some of the variations of the rhyme…
Trot, Trot, Trot to Boston
Trot, trot, trot to Boston
(Gently bounce the child on your knees)Trot, trot, trot to Lynn.
(Gently bounce again)Watch out Little One/Girl/Boy/or kids’ name
(Gently bounce knees again)Or you’ll fall in/You’re going to fall in!/or Cause you might fall in!
(Open knees/Gently bring child down between knees and then lift back up)Variation:
Trot, trot to Boston
Trot, trot to Maine
Trot, trot
And home, home again.Or:
Trot, trot, to Boston;
Trot, trot, to Lynn;
Trot, trot, to Salem;
Home, home again.When singing this next song you move your legs up and down with the child on your knees. With each verse you move your legs a little higher…
This Is the Way the Ladies Ride
This is the way the ladies ride,
Tri, tre, tre, tree,
Tri, tre, tre, tree!
This is the way the ladies ride,
Tri, tre, tre, tre, tri-tre-tre-tree!This is the way the gentlemen ride,
Gallop-a-trot,
Gallop-a-trot!
This is the way the gentlemen ride,
Gallop-a-gallop-a-trot!This is the way the farmers ride,
Hobbledy-hoy,
Hobbledy-hoy!
This is the way the farmers ride,
Hobbledy-hobbledy-hoy!Here’s a similar one…
Here Goes My Lord
Here goes my lord
A trot, a trot, a trot, a trot,
Here goes my lady
A canter, a canter, a canter, a canter!Here goes my young master
Jockey-hitch*, jockey-hitch, jockey-hitch, jockey-hitch!
Here goes my young miss
An amble, an amble, an amble, an amble!The footman lags behind to tipple** ale and wine,
And goes gallop, a gallop, a gallop, to make up his time.*To jockey is to ride a horse like in a race as if you’re a jockey. To hitch is to raise with a jerk. So I believe jockey-hitch describes riding a horse quickly, yet, fitfully up and down.
**To drinkHere’s one more…
Little Shon a Morgan
Little Shon a Morgan
Shentleman of Wales,
Came riding on a nanny-goat,
Selling of pigs’ tails.Chicky, cuckoo, my little duck,
See-saw, sickna downy;
Gallop a trot, trot, trot,
And hey for Dublin a towny!If you would like to share any more Horse Trotting Rhymes with us, feel free to tell us about them in the comments below.
The illustration comes from The National Nursery Book.
Enjoy and have fun!
Mama Lisa
The Nursery Rhyme called “A Wise Old Owl”
Monday, June 11th, 2007Marty wrote me looking for the nursery rhyme called “A Wise Old Owl”. I enjoyed rediscovering this rhyme so much, I wanted to share it with all of you:
A Wise Old Owl
A wise old owl lived in an oak;
The more he saw the less he spoke;
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can’t we all be like that wise old bird?-Lisa
Swan – A Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007The illustration below is from The Real Mother Goose which was illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright and published in 1916. The whole book is available to download for free from Project Gutenberg. Just click the link on the book title to download it. I’ll be posting much of it on my Nursery Rhyme site over time – with French and Spanish translations. I’ll also post some here from time to time – along with some other public domain rhymes.
SWAN
Swan, swan, over the sea;
Swim, swan, swim!
Swan, swan, back again;
Well swum, swan!
“A Bunny”, a Fingerplay Rhyme
Saturday, April 15th, 2006A Bunny is a fingerplay you can do at Easter time or throughout the year. Here are the words…
A Bunny
Once there was a bunny.
(Make a fist with your left hand and extend two fingers for ears)And a green, green cabbage head…
(Make a fist with your right hand)“I think I’ll have some breakfast,” the little bunny said.
(Move bunny toward cabbage head)So he nibbled and he nibbled.
(Wiggle fingers on left hand)Then he turned around to say,
“I think this is the time I should be hopping on my way!”
(Make hopping movements with left hand)Enjoy saying this rhyme to your little bunnies!
Lisa
“Easter Rabbits”, a Counting Rhyme
Thursday, April 13th, 2006Here’s a fingerplay about rabbits for Easter…
Easter Rabbits
Five little Easter rabbits
(Hold up all 5 fingers )
Sitting by the door,
One hopped away,
And then there were four.
(Bend down one finger)Refrain
Hop, hop, hop, hop,
(Clap each time you say hop)
See how they run!
Hop, hop, hop, hop,
(Clap each time you say hop)
They think it is great fun!Four little Easter rabbits
(Hold up four fingers)
Under a tree,
One hopped away,
And then there were three.
(Bend down one finger)Refrain
Three little Easter rabbits
(Hold up three fingers )
Looking at you,
One hopped away,
And then there were two.
(Bend down one finger )Refrain
Two little Easter rabbits
(Hold up two fingers)
Resting in the sun,
One hopped away,
And there was one.
(Bend down one finger)Refrain
One little Easter rabbit
(Hold up only one finger)
Left all alone,
He hopped away,
And then there were none.
(Hide hand behind your back)Refrain
Hop, hop, hop, hop!
(Clap each time you say hop)
All gone away!
Hop, hop, hop, hop!
(Clap each time you say hop)
They’ll come back some day.This rhyme can be used throughout the year, if you take out the word “Easter”.
But now it’s Easter time, so let’s leave it in!
Happy Easter!
Lisa
Another Five Little Turkeys Finger Play Rhyme
Saturday, November 12th, 2005Here’s another poem for Thanksgiving…
Five Little Turkeys
Five little turkeys standing in a row. (Hold up 5 fingers)
First little turkey said, “I don’t want to grow.” (Hold up 1 finger)
Second little turkey said, “Why do you say that?” (Hold up 2 fingers)
Third little turkey said, “I want to get fat.” (Hold up 3 fingers)
Fourth little turkey said, “Thanksgiving is near.” (Hold up 4 fingers)
Fifth little turkey said, “Yes, that’s what I hear.” (Hold up 5 fingers)
Then the five little turkeys that were standing in a row,
All said together, “Come on, let’s go!” (Move fingers like they’re running away)Come visit Mama Lisa’s Thanksgiving Pages for more Thanksgiving Songs, Poems, Nursery Rhymes and Recipes including another version of 5 Little Turkeys plus the rhyme 5 Little Pilgrims.
Five Little Turkeys Rhyme
Saturday, November 5th, 2005It’s November and that means Turkeys! Here’s a favorite Thanksgiving song…
Five Little Turkeys
Five little turkeys by the barn door,
One waddled off, then there were four.Four little turkeys under a tree,
One waddled off, then there were three.Three little turkeys with nothing to do,
One waddled off, then there were two.Two little turkeys in the noonday sun,
One waddled off, then there was one.One little turkey – better run away!
Soon will come Thanksgiving Day!Here’s Mama Lisa’s Thanksgiving Page with more Thanksgiving Songs, Poems, Nursery Rhymes and Recipes plus another version of 5 Little Turkeys.
Fuzzy Wuzzy with an MP3 Recording
Thursday, October 20th, 2005Fuzzy Wuzzy is one of my favorite rhymes. Here are the lyrics, with an mp3 recording and an illustration.
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t really fuzzy,
Was he?
Come visit Mama Lisa’s House to see more Illustrated Nursery Rhymes.
Rhyme – Ride the Horsey Down to Town
Wednesday, October 5th, 2005Kimberly Beach recently sent me a new rhyme, here’s what she wrote me,
This rhyme was taught to me by a family friend in 1987 when she was in her mid -40s. She has since passed away so I don’t know where she learned it or any information on it’s possible origins…
Ride the Horsey Down to Town
Ride the horsey down to town
To buy some sugar by the pound
On the way, horsey fell down
Dumped my sugar on the ground!This rhyme is done with the child straddling your lap facing you. Hold child’s hands and sing song it while bouncing legs up and down.
On the last sentence, string the word ground out (i.e. grouuunnnnnd) while stretching legs out and gently letting child slide down your legs.
I did this with all three of my children and am continuing the tradition with my grandchildren. They have all loved it and giggle with glee.
-Kimberly Beach
Kimberly is from Georgia, USA. If anyone knows where this rhyme is originally from, please write me.
Thanks!
Lisa
Scottish Rhyme – I’ll Tell Ma Mither
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005Gillian wrote me,
The following is a Scottish rhyme that I was brought up hearing. I’m afraid I don’t know how it originated…
I’LL TELL MA MITHER
My mother said I never should
Play with the gipsies in the wood
They tugged my hair and broke my comb
I’ll tell my mither when I get home.
My mither says that I must go
With my daddy’s dinner, oh.
Chappit tatties, beef and steak,
Twa reed herrin’ and a bawbee bake.
I cam’ til a river and I couldna get across,
So I paid five bob for an auld done horse.
I jamped on his back; and his banes gae a crack.
And I had tae play the fiddle til the boat cam’ back.-Gillian
If anyone has any information about the origin of this rhyme, please write me.
Thanks! – Lisa
For other Scottish rhymes and children’s songs, visit Mama Lisa’s World’s U.K. Page!
Fishy, Fishy, In a Brook
Tuesday, September 27th, 2005Toni wrote,
This is a rhyme my son loved…
Fishy, Fishy, In a Brook
Fishy, fishy, in a brook
Daddy caught him with a hook
Mommy fried him in a pan
And baby ate him like a man.I found a different version in The Real Mother Goose Book of American Rhymes…
Fishy, Fishy in the Brook
Fishy, fishy in the brook,
Papa catch him by the hook,
Mommy fry him in the pan
Georgy eat him fast’s can.Then I found another one which goes…
Fishy, Fishy
Fishy, Fishy,
Come bite my hook;
I’ll go captain
And you’ll go cook.-Lisa
Later I found the finger play actions to Fishy, Fishy, In a Brook…
Fishy, fishy, in a brook (put your hands together and move them like a fish swimming)
Daddy caught him with a hook (make it look like you’re casting a line to fish)
Mommy fried him in a pan (pretend you’re stirring food)
And baby ate him like a man. (talk in a deep voice like a man)Please visit Mama Lisa’s House of Nursery Rhymes for more
English and American Nursery Rhymes.
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