I'm very late to the party here, but I remember a different variation to the Rule Britannia one. I was raised in Yorkshire so maybe in the 80s, pre Internet, colloquial preferences are what played a part here.
But it went:
Rule Britannia,
Three monkeys on a stick.
One fell down and paralysed his
Prickles grow on bushes,
Prickles grow on trees,
Prickles grow on Chinamen,
Just above their knees.
Sally had a baby
She called it Sonny Jim,
She took it to the toilet
To see if it could swim.
It swam to the bottom,
It swam to the top,
Sally got excited
And she pulled it by the
Cockles, mussels, 3 and 6 a jar
Ever seen a policeman
Pulling up his
Flies are dirty,
Slugs are worse
This is the end of this dirty little verse.
Just brilliant. Hadn't sung it in 20 years and I still remember every line now.
Rhymes from our childhood
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I'm very late to the party here, but I remember a different variation to the Rule Britannia one. I was raised in Yorkshire so maybe in the 80s, pre Internet, colloquial preferences are what played a part here.
But it went:
Rule Britannia,
Three monkeys on a stick.
One fell down and paralysed his
Prickles grow on bushes,
Prickles grow on trees,
Prickles grow on Chinamen,
Just above their knees.
Sally had a baby
She called it Sonny Jim,
She took it to the toilet
To see if it could swim.
It swam to the bottom,
It swam to the top,
Sally got excited
And she pulled it by the
Cockles, mussels, 3 and 6 a jar
Ever seen a policeman
Pulling up his
Flies are dirty,
Slugs are worse
This is the end of this dirty little verse.
Just brilliant. Hadn't sung it in 20 years and I still remember every line now.