Schools are back in the swing and I’m wondering if nursery rhymes are still sung or said at home or school, pre-school or kindergarten. Here’s a medley of lines from some of the more famous, or not, from childhood …
ANOTHER JACK
little Jack Horner
sat in a corner
and killed the rat 
that worried the cat
who nicked Lucy’s locket
from her missing pocket
which Tom the piper’s son
stole for a bit of fun
as the clock struck one
and the mouse ran down
straight through town
into Mother Hubbard’s
ill-stocked cupboard
a dappled grey horse
who ran a straight course
but whose long brown head
was made of gingerbread
by the old woman whose shoe
had a wide chimney flue
that went in and out the Eagle
where up popped the weasel
Frame and The McGuire – ‘… a gentle yet striking novel about the way our perception influences our judgement of others.’ Amy Mathers. For ages 8-13 … published by Tradewind Books available on Amazon or your local bookstore.
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