For once a blog with no attendant photograph...!
Doctor Foster went to Gloucester in a shower of rain.
He stepped in a puddle right up to his middle
And never went there again.
The man in the moon came down too soon
And asked the way to Norwich.
He went to the south and burnt his mouth
By eating cold pease porridge
Does anyone know any other Nursery Rhymes which feature the name of a town?
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I shall keep my eyes peeled as i read through the girls' books for the umpteenth time...!
Does it have to be an actual town?
"Oranges and lemons", say the bells of St. Clement's
"You owe me three farthings", say the bells of St. Martin's
"When will you pay me?" say the bells of Old Bailey
"When I grow rich", say the bells of Shoreditch
"When will that be?" say the bells of Stepney
"I do not know", says the great bell of Bow
Here comes a candle to light you to bed
And here comes a chopper to chop off your head!
Chip chop chip chop - The last man's dead.
London Bridge Is falling down,
Falling down, Falling down.
London Bridge Is falling down,
My fair lady.
thank you Evie. Your offering reminds of the Nursery Rhyme Riddle: "As I was going to St Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks. every sack had seven cats. Every cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, wives - how many were going to St Ives?"
hevs: do the French have an equivalent in nursery rhymes, and do they mention towns. suppose 'sur le pont d'avignon' might possibly qualify.
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