did your parents teach you their own personal 'nursery' rhymes or ditties that made you laugh?

Question

for instance we used to singalong to this! dad taught us,mum dint think it funny!
Bowyers sausages are the best, in my tummy they will rest,
out my bum they will come, like a soldier playing a drum!

i'm torn between a few so i'll let you all decide. Thanks.

Answer 1

If mine did, I don't remember, but some of mine to our little girl drive my wife crazy!

Here's one from shortly after she was born:

Good little Sarah,
Good little Sarah,
Good little Sarah on the train! (CHOO CHOO)

Good little Sarah,
Good little Sarah,
Good little Sarah on the train!

Good little Sarah,
Good little Sarah,
Good little Sarah in the rain! (DRIP DROP)

Good little Sarah,
Good little Sarah,
Good little Sarah in the rain!

Good little Sarah,
Good little Sarah,
Good little Sarah walks down Main! (CLIP CLOP)

Good little Sarah,
Good little Sarah,
Good little Sarah walks down Main!

Good little Sarah,
Good little Sarah,
Good little Sarah DOWN THE DRAIN!

(Which is no more violence-implying than "Rock A Bye Baby"!)

Answer 2

Yes.... two stick out in my head :)

Cuckoo-berry sits in the ol' gum tree-ee
merry merry king of the bush was he-ee
Laugh, cuckoo-berry, laugh, cuckoo-berry
gay your life must be...

and the best(worst) one:

If you should see
a hearse go by
you know that you'll be the next to die
He'll wrap you up, in a big white sheet
and bury you in a hole -six feet deep.

The worms crawl in
the worms crawl out
the worms play pinochle on your snout
your stomach turns a slimy green
and puss pops out like whipping cream (gross!!)

We LOVED those songs as kids but how warped is the hearse song!!

Answer 3

no. my mum is a nursery nurse so taught us all the typical nursery rhymes, whereas my dad taught us football songs and a song about irn bru (scotlands favourite fizzy juice) my favourite was the irn bru song - dont really know why.i now cant get enough of the stuff...i blame dad lol!

im very thirsty
im thirsty too
heres a drink well both enjoy.....barrs irn bru

Answer 4

My Grandad taught me one;

Once upon a time,
When birds jobbed Lime,
And monkeys chewed tobacco,
Little Piggies used to run,
With their fingers up there bums,
To see what was the matter!

I think it was his own tune, never herd it anywhere else.

Answer 5

My Mum used to recite" Brian Boru, the King of Munster
Let off a fart & killed the youngster"
Brian Boru being a legendary Irish hero, made it all the funnier to us kids and very irreverent.

Answer 6

Yes my dad used to make up his own kiddies rhymes and stories. They are the best. And he had a banjo he sometimes played his tunes on as well. Enjoy!

Answer 7

Rags bones and rabbit skins
You can have a rardle dardle
a toffee marble
a monkey- up- a- stick
a balloon bladder
the more you blow
the bigger they grow
rags, bones and rabbit skins.

Answer 8

When I was a toddler and my dad used to give me a bath he used to sing a song, 'my baby has gone down the plug hole, my baby has gone down the drain, ' I cant remember the rest but it always makes me smile.

Answer 9

My dad told me this

Down in the lavatory, six foot deep, there lies a sausage fast asleep, there it lies and there it rests. Beechams pills have done their best.

Answer 10

I used to sing "Maw biby 'as gorn dahn the plagowl" to my child. My dad used to recite to me:
"The boy stood on the burning deck
Selling peas a penny a peck.
Did he wash his mucky neck?
Did he heck."
- then he'd give me a good scrubbing.

Answer 11

Yes and now I make them up and sing ditties to and about my dogs.