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Does Anyone Know a Short Poem or Rhyme about Spring?

In April’s Sweet Month: A Nursery Rhyme

A Daffodil Ditty

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Does Anyone Know a Short Poem or Rhyme about Spring?

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Rebeca Garcia Mendoza wrote

Hi! I’m a Spanish girl who is preparing resources to teach English to Spanish children. I’m looking for rhymes about seasons and I have a problem. I cannot find a short one of Spring.

If anybody knows one, please, tell me!
Thanks.

If anyone can help out Rebeca, please let us know in the comments below.

Thanks!

Mama Lisa

PS FYI I did find this nursery rhyme riddle about all the seasons:

In Spring I look gay,
Decked in comely array,
In Summer more clothing I wear;
When colder it grows,
I fling off my clothes,
And in Winter quite naked appear.

Scroll down for the answer..
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A tree!

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In April’s Sweet Month: A Nursery Rhyme

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Here’s a sweet little nursery rhyme about April, that can be found in The Only True Mother Goose Melodies (c. 1843)…

In April’s Sweet Month
Nursery Rhyme

In April’s sweet month,
When the leaves ‘gin* to spring,
Little lambs skip like fairies
And birds build and sing.

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Enjoy the delights of Springtime!

Mama Lisa

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A Daffodil Ditty

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Yesterday I saw the first daffodils of the season. It made me think of an old English rhyme, which goes…

Daffy-down-dilly is new come to town,
With a yellow petticoat and a green gown.

An alternative version is…

Daffy-down-dilly is new come to town,
With a petticoat green, and a bright yellow gown,
And her white blossoms are peeping around.

Seeing daffy-down-dilly used for daffodil, made me curious about the word. I looked it up in the Oxford English Dictionary and found all of these variants of daffodil…

Affodil
Daff
Daffy
Daffadilly
Daffodilly
Daffydowndilly
Daffadowndilly
Daffodowndilly
Daffadoondilly

Then there’s also the word daffying, that dates back to 1871, which means to gather daffodils.

Whatever you’re doing this season, I hope you get to see some lovely daffy-down-dillies. It’s a wonderful sign that it’s springtime!

Lisa

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