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FOR YOUNG READERS

Unreal, Banana Peel!

Australian Children’s Chants and Rhymes

* * *

Pardon me for being rude –
It was not me
It was my food.
It got so lonely down below
It just came up
To say “Hullo”.

* * *

A beetle bought a bicycle
He had it painted black,
He took it for a little ride
With an earwig on his back.
He rode the pedals very fast
And travelled all the day,
He took the earwig off his back
And put the bike away.

* * *

Jenny, Jenny in the tub,
Mother forgets to put in the plug.
Goodness, gracious, bless my soul,
There goes Jenny down the hole!

* * *

A monkey stole a frying pan
A monkey stole a door,
The door was off the lion’s cage
The monkey stole no more.

* * *

Under the bamboo
Under the tree,
Johnny stole a magnet
And blamed it on me.
I told Ma,
Ma told Pa,
And Johnny got a spanking
Ha ha ha!

* * *

I scream
You scream
We all scream
For ice-cream.

* * *

I love you
I love you
I love you divine,
Please give me your chewing-gum
You’re sitting on mine.

* * *

Oh, Jemima, look at your Uncle Clive,
He’s in the garage learning how to drive.
First he’s in the bottom gear,
Then he’s in the top,
Now he’s on the roadway
Learning how to stop.

* * *

Engine, engine, number nine,
On its way to Clementine.
If the train comes off the track
Will I get my money back?

* * *

Who wants breakfast?
Who wants tea?
Who wants everything –
Just like me?

Honey for breakfast
Honey for tea
Honey for you
Honey for me.

* * *

Green gravel, green gravel,
The grass is so green,
The fairest young lady
That ever was seen.
We’ll wash her in milk,
And dry her in silk,
And write her name down
With a gold pen and ink.

* * *

Mary had a little cow,
She kept it in a room,
But every time she let it out
She had to get a broom.

* * *

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I was born beautiful
What happened to you?

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Your dog is pretty
What happened to you?

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
When brains were given out
Where were you?

* * *
Copy cat from Ballarat
Kissed a rat
And never came back.

* * *

“You’re a PIG.”
“Thank you – a Pretty Intelligent Girl.”

Compiled by June Factor