English nursery counting rhymes for babies kids songs counting rhymes poems for kids one two buckle my shoe nursery rhyme.
1 2 buckle my shoe 3 4 lock the door.
A classic nursery rhyme like you ve never heard it before.
This had coloured full page illustrations.
Composites for lines 1 2 and 3 4 and then one for each.
3 4 shut the door the workers are now in their workshop.
Originally the song might describe a regular day of lace makers who were traditional workers back in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Five six pick up sticks.
1 2 buckle my shoe would mean that the workers are getting ready to work.
Nine ten a.
5 6 pick up stick getting their tools wooden sticks were tools used at.
Seven eight lay them straight.
It was followed in 1910 by the buckle my shoe picture book containing other rhymes too.
Watch it with your kids and.