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To where do your babies trot-trot?

My family is doing the trot-trot rhyme with my neice at our Thanksgiving party, the one that starts, "Trot-trot to Boston, trot-trot to Lynn…" Do people not from Massachusetts do this? If so, do you trot-trot to other towns? [more inside]
posted by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The on Nov 22, 2018 - 59 answers

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear turn around...and then what?

What's your version of Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around? Miss Susie had a steamboat? Cinderella dressed in yella? [more inside]
posted by librarylis on May 19, 2009 - 73 answers

Creep me out in rhyme

Teach me new creepy children's rhymes. [more inside]
posted by Caduceus on Mar 23, 2009 - 38 answers

Connaissez-vous l'homme de muffin?

At least two English nursery rhymes (The Muffin Man and Oranges and Lemons) reference real, geographically precise locations. What are some non-English nursery rhymes that encapsulate an equivalent level of geographical (meaning, actual street names and/or distinct locations) detail?
posted by Chrischris on Mar 16, 2009 - 4 answers

Was it not Plato who observed that he who smelt it dealt it?

We were discussing the source of playground rhymes/mythology/logic. Is there an example of a piece of nationally or internationally popular playground lore we can trace to a specific author?
posted by Protocols of the Elders of Awesome on Jan 2, 2006 - 8 answers

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