Kimberly 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
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June 11th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
My family had a bizzare and nonsensical variation on this: start with baby on your thighs:
Ride that horsey down to town
To get [or buy?] a pat of butter
When we got there we
FELL IN THE GUTTER! [emphasis on the last line]
[after line 3 - you "drop" the baby between your knees and then swoop her back up]
December 7th, 2009 at 2:10 am
Our family has always sang:
Ride a horsey downtown
to get a stick of candy
One for you, and one for me
and one for Sister Mandy!
December 18th, 2011 at 6:04 pm
Found your version while searching for info about one I learned as a kid. I learned it from my Aunt from Tennessee approx 1991
Trotty up to town,
a sack full of peaches,
horsey fell down,
SMASH you all to pieces
–and you drop the child backwards on ’smash’ (while holding their hands of course so they don’t hit the floor)