I Went to the Pictures Tomorrow
"From Manchester… my dad and mum told us lots of rhymes... this one stuck in my mind…" -Colette
I Went to the Pictures Tomorrow
Nonsense Rhyme
I went to the pictures tomorrow
I bought a front seat at the back
A lady gave me an Apple
I ate it and gave it her back.
Notes
Another Version
I went to the pictures tomorrow
I took a front seat at the back,
I fell from the pit to the gallery
And broke a front bone in my back.
A lady she gave me some chocolate,
I ate it and gave it her back.
I phoned for a taxi and walked it,
And that's why I never came back.
That version is from Kirkcaldy, according to "The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren" by Iona and Peter Opie.
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Thanks and Acknowledgements
Thanks to Colette for sharing this rhyme with us!
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