Hive-Naija Weekend Engagement #66 - βRHYMESβ
"Even though you're growing up, you should never stop having funβ - Nina Dobrev
Hello everyone, my beautiful hive naija people, it's another beautiful weekend and we are so happy to have you here once again. Itβs nice to get everyone together every weekend to talk about random things and just have fun.
OBJECTIVE
As we all know, the Hive Naija Weekend Engagement is focused on promoting the togetherness of the Nigeria brethren through engagement and it's also now concerned of the well being of each and everyone who is part of the engagement. This account was opened to make the engagement more personal and officia. You can find the INTRODUCTION POST to read more about the purpose and aim of this new account and also do well to follow the account so as to know when a post is made.
A long time ago, I thought, I shared and I asked "Why don't we chat on hive every Weekend?"
And you all said... YES
"Well, we won't be the first as there are some weekend engagement trends already on Hive! But this would be THE NIGERIAN VERSION!"
The last time, the topic was βBOOKS"
We had over 100+ comments in our last weekend engagement. It was fair enough for the number of participants we had. We hope it gets better from here. Letβs see if we can still make 1000 comments possible this weekend, shall we? π. It has always been so nice seeing people who dedicate their time to engaging and sharing their thoughts and ideas with us, I want to appreciate you all for the consistency, quality engagement and your efforts, let's keep them coming. Special thanks to everyone who makes this hang out possible.
I will drop a topic every Friday (Today's topic is below), share your thoughts on the matter, reply to someone else opinion, and interrogate the opinion if you like. Keep the discussion on. If you don't have anything to say about the topic. Just reply to someone else's comment.
Do all these in the comment section, as that is where it all goes down.
This week's engagement starts immediately after you see this post and ends on Sunday at 11:59 pm.
Prizes for this week
Prizes are distributed to the winners after considering their interactions and also their contributions to the topic. And we have made some little changes and improvements in the prizes too. This week's prizes;
Special prize to our top engager that is the person with more meaningful responses to others comment even if he or she didnβt make a personal comment) gets 5 hive besides the normal prize. This is to encourage meaningful discussion.
1st prize - 5 hive
2nd Prize - 4 Hive
3rd Prize - 3 Hive
4th Prize - 2 HIVE
5th Prize - 1 Hive
Prizes courtesy of:
@Samostically and special thanks to our curators.
RHYMES
Now to our discussion for this weekend! We will be discussing about βRHYMESβ. Recently I was in a gathering where we were reminded of nursery rhymes and Iβd want us to share some of them this week. It doesnβt have to be a grand rhyme, just something at least one person can relate with.
- "What was your favorite nursery rhyme?"
- Tell us about that nursery rhyme that you feel most people donβt know
***Remember, the aim of the hangout is to bring Nigerians together so make sure you have this in mind when responding to the questions. And feel free to add even more to it if you have any.
If you think you have a topic you would want us to discuss about, please feel free to suggest them to us. All you have to do is suggest the topic in the comment and tag @hopestylist to it. To our topic choosers, they will receive 10% of the hangout post they suggested the topics. (We didnβt get any suggestions this week).
Okay Let's Gist!!!!
Be as simple and sincere with the discussion, hehehe.
Don't you think we are forgetting somebody?... Well, I'm sure we are...
Oh yes before I forget, the winners will be chosen based on the number of new members they invite to join the engagement. You know what you benefit when you engage so why not let others know about it. In fact I will advise you look beyond the prize and look more to doing something different even for your Naija brethren by showing them the way here.
There are no further rules, please banter as you like, speak any Nigerian language (Igbo, Yoruba, pidgin, Efik), anything, as long as someone else can understand.
With all that said, let the discussion begin....
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Oya clear road I have arrived, ewoooooo I have forgotten the rhyme, ok I have remembered now
** let's go**
Akwukwo na ato uto, ona Ara ahu na mmuta onye nwere nkasi obi oga akwukwo ma oburu na nne gi na nna gi ego, mu oburu na nne gi na nna gi nweeeee egoooooo
Please @luchyl come and clap for me.
@kachy2022 @marajah @ijelady
You people should come ooo, something is happening here
Kpam kpam, kpa kpa kpam
Hahahahah hahahahah
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O mere ke, α»zatara ya. π€£π€£π€£
kpam kpam kpam kpam kpam kpaaaaammm.
Chai, this one was almost like our anthem then.
Let me finish it
I ga amα»₯ta akwα»₯kwα»
Achiri m α»chα» ha hahaha ewoo
Achiri m α»chα» ha hahaha ewoo
@babygirl888 do you know this one?
Yes ooo
I be ancestor ooπ€£
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Ochiri mu ochi hahahahah hahahahah ewooooooooo, buru akpa na isi gbapu oso.
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Hahaha
You have entered anothe level oo
I don leave you for that other level
Meehhn, I remember this rhyme o, good old days when children are meant to act like one, I also sang it πππππ
Ahhh! Nursery rhymes ? Let's go back to my childhood stageπ
The thing is that even as a mum, I still use some of those rhymes instead of Lulu baby songs for my child when he is crying and I want him to be calm...
Atimes, children cry for nothing or for something that is hard to figure out...and in that case, all manner of rhymes will just full my mouth
But then, the my favorite nursery rhymes which I still sing till date is this popular twinkle star π...it has refused to leave my cerebrum since decades ago that I left nursery school..lol
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
And this too...
If you do good, kingdom , ohhhh, kingdom, ooh ohh, kingdom waiting for you ...if you do bad , no more kingdom , ohhh, no more kingdom , ooohh, no more kingdom waiting for you π€£π€£π€£....
I love to use this one to remind my kids to do good ooo, because hell fire is realπ
@bipolar95 @babygirl888 , @beckyroyal , this weekend food is done..oya bring your plate ladies
Ah! Mama! Seems you copied my babyβs own oo.πππ€²
Never...I already posted when I saw hersππ
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Hahah
That if you do good rhyme is just good for the moment for children especially those one that disturbs a lot. Itβs like singing for them, if you do good no breast, oh oh no breast waiting for them. When they hear that, they will just align. π€£π€£π€£
@babygirl888 which busstop have you come to drop us laidis π€£
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Hahaha π€£π€£π€£π€£
Is either they good and receive goodies or do bad and collect
Lol
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Ahh! You too do o. No breast ke? π
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Mama!π
You see this particular one?
I used to sing it in the face of my small class bullies thenπ
Especially the last part.
Come and beat me nauπ
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Chaied ...this babe looked for trouble badly those days oo π€£π€£
Is true abi naw lie π€£π€£π€£
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Bully
Instead of consoling themπ. They wee gather you one day
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This people. Omo you people have come and do igbotic something on this post @sam.hangout see o what is this? π Do they qualify Nas rhymes ehn .
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Omo. I donβt think there was anyone that doesnβt respect this song. π
You too ma twinkle twinkle little star? π
Be like you people really loved the star.
Hahaha ..we really loved the star oo πππ
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Twinkle twinkle Little Star is an evergreen rhyme. E no dey comot for our head π
Atall oo π€£ππ
It sticks on our heads
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Even till now , the only rhyme that stick in memory till now
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You see that second poem abi is rthyme, I can not forget how we used it to remind ourselves that hell fire is real, scary poem! π
At least no body knows this...
Labubu
La bu la bu
La bu bu
Labubu
La bu la bu
La bu bu
X10
@treasuree @empressjay @bipolar95, @klinvrex @ngobaby @chefqueen @graat, @talktofaith @luchyl π
This one is modern rhyme not primary school own
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Hahaha ..u too can relate to that
Lol
Very scary poem indeed. π
Chaiiiii, why did I come late like this.
Na that kingdom own I like, so make I dey do good dey go.
Thanks for sharing Queen.
Hahahah ππ€£π€£π€£π€£
Late to the party
Rice don finish oo
Lol
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You can still share it. π
Lmaoo if you do bad hell fire ooohhhoooooo HELL FIRE oooooohhhhhhooooooo HELL FIRE WAITING FOR YOU π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£β¦ @princessbusayo people thatβs how she will be shouting the hell fire part then ππ€²πΎ
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@justfavour said it the other time that you should bring ur violence here and u just did
Lmaoπ€£π€£π€£π€£
Hell fire oooooooπ₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£
Princess my hands no dey here atall
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Bring the fireeeeeeeeeeeee!
Start chaos!
Choose violence.
π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£ I cracked up seeing this. Bipolar, you are a big case in my life and I need you to drag you to court. Your matter don pass reporting you π€£π€£π€£
Let me return back from church first π€¨
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Do the calms, mama. π€£π€£π€£
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Hell fire ke
From where to where π€£π€£π€£
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Aw! What a good mum! Iβm very sure your children sing that rhyme to themselves too anytime they perceive that they might not be doing the right thing, hehe.
My dear ooπ...it's been helping them keep their actions in check
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Hi Nkem.... Your and mine rhyme are the same π but still it's my favorite nursery rhyme and I love stars especially when they shine on the dark sky β€οΈ
!LUV
Awww...Les baby
That's good to know that we share sane favorite rhyme π€
Been a while ...looks like you had a little break in the Blockchain ?
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Omoohh rhymes plenty ooo but one one those I remember then was this
Willi Willi Willi Willi on
Mummy in the kitchen cooking rice
Daddy in parlour watching flim
Children in the garden playing ball
A goalll
Change your style ehheh
Another one ehhh
Another one ehh
Be like that.
Omoh Na to stand still ooo
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Another was
One, two bulk my shoe
Three, four knock at the door( then we run to the door to knock)
Five, six pick up sleet
Seven, eight lay them straight
Nine, ten A big fat hen
Eleven, twelve run to school and don't be late
Thirty, fourteen shoot your gun( then we do finger like and make a sound with mouth ) pooo
Another one pooo
Another one poooopoooo
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Ahh! Guyyyy! This rhyme was a game too! ππ€²
Yes
I can remember is used for game π
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Hahahahh π€£π€£π€£
I remember this song as a kid. Ehhh those days ehhhh, I am always winning that change your style. I will just stand like a statue. No matter what you do, I no dey shift even if you tickle me, it wonβt workπ€£π€£π€£π€£
My battery is deadπ€£π€£π€£π€£
ππππ she said my battery is dead πππ
aswear na those who Sabi laugh well dey quick commot
Eii! My favorite nursery rhyme will be π
Twinkle twinkle little star.
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky. π€
I have always loved this rhyme and I still do. I smile seeing children still sing it today or even adults. It was part of those rhymes that made my childhood fun. But I wonβt lie, I struggled a lot trying to learn so many rhymes. At some point I even gave up, lol.
My Friendy @justfavour Iβm very sure you have a lot of nursery rhymes you still love!
@merit.ahama the hangout is here again o - beatist. Thatβs how you didnβt show up for the last one. I hope you do this weekend.
And my gee @quduus1 I hope you stop by this weekend. π
Why are you copying my rhyme π€π€
Oya change it first before I comment ππππ
How did she copy you, mama?π
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I think itβs all our rhymes ooo..itβs our nursery teachers we have to blame π
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Sorried, mama. π
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Make I reach house fess.π
Reach fast and come and sing your own for us
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We have wait and tire. πββοΈββ‘οΈ
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That nursery rhyme seems to be every ones famous rhymes. I dot know if this genz children still sing it shaa but it would really be abysmal if they miss such funβ¦
Whoever came up with that rhyme is the real idan
Ahn ahn you mean twinkle twinkle little star?
They still sing it na
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That rhyme is still sung o. Itβs a very beautiful rhyme.
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Ambassador Hope.
That's how you didn't awared to tag meπ«΅π
Abi let me say that my favourite nursery rhymes is "twinkle twinkle little star" again?π
Lol. Hold her well , she didn't tag me too
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Chaied! Sorried, my Joy.
Iβm glad you stopped by anyways. π€²π§ββοΈ
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I know that your own would be In like with what I know , Baby girl has carried me to where I don't know. Omo have you seen that girls comment?
Guyy! Iβm still thinking how I will comment. ππ€²
Why are you reminding me of my past?
I have show up now π€§
One musician have spoil this rhyme in my head o, "Twinkle Twinkle Little star, God I wonder where you are, tell me that you're not too far away" π
Showist. π
Guyyy! Actually o. π Iβm surprised I still even remember the lyrics sef.
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Heeeey
Jesus oooooπ€²π€²π€²π€£π€£π€£π€£
What is this sisterπ€£π€£π€£
The Yoruba version is the funniest when I heard and learnt about it
Really? There is a Yoruba version? It will be nice too, hahaha.
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I love this rhyme, too. So simple and lively. I still sing it once in a while especially when I look to the sky and see stars. I just sing it just to feel "being a child" again.
Itβs a lovely rhyme. π₯°π₯³
Nursery rhymes huh?
The famous amongst them would be the twinkle twinkle little star rhyme and every sings it but as famous as it may, but itβs not my favorite nursery rhyme. My favorite nursery rhyme would be
Row row row your boat gently down the stream
Merrily merrily merrily life is both a dream
And we would shout again
And we sing it again and again. As kids we were living a dream and but now we are adults. We have been introduced into the adult hood scam. I wished we could live that dream again.
Nkem mentioned nusery rhyme that she sings to children. My children nursery rhyme is in Igbo language and I donβt know if anyone here would be able to read it if I write it in Igbo language. Somehow I feel children listen more to those igbotic rhymes than the English ones.
Nwannunu nwanunu nta
Turuzaza turuza
Nwannunu nwanunu nta
Turuzaza turuza
Ino ebe ahu emegini
Turuzaza turuza
Anam aturu Nnem ose
Turuzaza turuza
Tukene ka isi atu
Tuu tuu
Tukene ka isi atu
Tuu tuu
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As the child just hears the tuu tuu, they wee keep just keep quiet π€£π€£
Thatβs my own favorite nursery rhyme in Igbo versionβ¦so you have both English and Igbo versionβ¦π
Choose the one you like
@goldenproject @empressjay @bipolar95, @klinvrex @ngobaby @chefqueen @graat, @talktofaith @luchyl come and share your brewery rhymes with us
Old nursery rhymes
Old Roger is dead and gone to his grave....
!DOOK
!LOLZ
!BBH
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Mama
Tell us the full story
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I had this one in mindedππ€²
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Yes. Yes.
That was a really good rhyme too.
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Eiiiiiπ
Ancestor!
That Igbo rhyme used to be lit then!
I know only the opening line, now I have the full version staring at me.π
Oh sorry
That one is the one I learnt from super kidsπ
About that row your boat rhyme.
I thought it's "if you see a crocodile, don't forget to shout,ahhhh!"
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Crocodile from where to where ehhh this girlπ€£π€£π€£
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So you too know it?
Wait o .
It now as if I no sabi this thing you people are saying
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I have catch you. You are still gen-Z!!!
Row row row your boat gently down the stream, merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream. Which one is if you see a crocodile donβt forget to scream. Crocodile as how? π€£
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She said ancestor π€£π€£π€£
We just vibe to those songs back then with so much happiness not knowing that it's rubbish we were singing....but the rhyme must rhyme π
Which one was your favorite?
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Did it rhyme or it didnβt rhyme? It rhymed! π
Ah! She's even here ans I was tagging you in my comments π wahala be like bicycle for this kind of your rhyme o
Bae what is this π
I dey give una the Igbo update and English version..chose the one that suits you bestπ
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I say I shock as I see Igbo. π
The painful part na say no subtitle. ππ
Baby what is this? Oppress us the non igbos π
Omo! Poems dey sha π
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Sorry mama
Forgive me
I am only a babygirlπ€²ππ
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On top small rhymes o. ππ€²
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Lol, I don't know this one o π
Come and teach me how to sing it, Igbo rhymes are sweet
are you Igbo?π
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Are you Igbo? Or Yoruba? π
Guyyy! Wait, what is the English version of the rhyme? Iβm confused. π€£
This one no get English version. Are you Igbo?π
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Where are you people getting rhymes from?
You no go nursery school?π
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Hahaha ,π€£π€£π€£π€£
Igbotic babygirl....u really visited the east to bring up this ancient beautiful rhyme
That's soooooo niceeeee
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Rhymes!
Proof that I'm getting old @hopestylist, I can't even seem to remember some of those rhymes againπ
Very soon I'll start tying wrapper.
Okay. One of my most intriguing rhymes then was:
"Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
That was the end
Of Solomon Grundy."
Because howwww?
They gave birth to you today and within one week,you grew,got married, got sick,died and was buried in one week?
Hooorrr
In @merit.ahama voice
@chefqueen, @graat, @goldenproject, @kingsleyy, @abdul-qudus. You guys should find me the composer of this rhyme, I need to have a small peaceful talk with him/herπ€²π
Incase you see the composer of the the rhyme, please let's have the discussion together because I have a lot to tell the person cos what was he thinking...his imagination must be very wild π
They were cooking beans with our heads thenπ
I'm healed now,send me another nursery rhymes composer that will compose what they did not send him.
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!LOLZ
Mr beans!!! So you donβt know that rhyme? π
I know it's peaceful conversation you want to have abi is it not you again? π
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I just want to know how life is treating them.
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So you didn't hear the name well "Solomon", the wisest man on earth! Tell me why he can't use his wisdom to utilize a week for many years work π
But for real, who composed it must have been a very impatient person π
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Imagine we're doing history of this man now π
It's just 7 lines
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Hmm. You sef you have wisdom. π
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When I heard that rhyme, it scattered everythingI knew about life
I kept wondering how can someone live a whole life in one week π€²ππ
This rhyme was actually personal to me because I had a classmate named Solomon and every time I want to tease him in class, I would start singing "Solomon Grundy" πππ
Sharp! π
That guy Iβm very sure there was a time he started avoiding you. π
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You are not a very nice somebody.
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Lmao
He curse you Taya
No evidence π€£π€£π€£
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I used this one to pepper my guy Solomon that year, lol. The boy saw she in my handπππ
Wicked Doc. π
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Mr pepperoni.
That's how you will say you're not wicked.
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Village peopleπ€£π€£π€£π«΅
!LOLZ
!DOOK
!BBH
My guyyy! You have seen it now.
I still wonder how that baby man did it. π
Another one is old Roger is dead. π
So those people did not see anywhere else to plant that apple? They now planted it over his head, now the man have wake up and knocked an innocent old woman. Chaied!
This story didn't clear me.
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Why are you telling my baby that you are getting old?
πΆshe knows
πΆshe knowsπ«΅
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Tor!
Go and meet Caramel. He knows the address of the composer of this rhyme
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Igweeeee
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These peopleπ€²
Nice one though
Not me thinking is Grandyπ€²π
Abi me and you who is wrong π
It's Grandy we used to sing oπ
Anyone.
Even Grumpy.
Oh wow I love this ππ
It's good taking us down this memory lane. So the nursery rhymes I would be choosing is Standard living of which when I (don't let me say we) was a little child, always sing as Sanda lily Sanda lily. So let's go! With the Sanda lily o not Standard living, Lol π
Sanda lily Sanda lily
Sanda lily Sanda lily
Sanda lily Sanda lily
Sanda lily Sanda lily
I'm a doctor in my country
Everybody knows me well
If you look me up and down
You will know that is true
(Others with their own careers o π but mine was doctor even though I'm now a drawing artist. It's still a D and D ππ€£)
@hamokstitches @vickoly come and do yours o
Hehehe π..u sound like someone who played a lot in your childhood days
I really love that sanda lily oo
And being a doctor in my country was the sweetest stanza lol
Thanks for reminding my brain this song again π
See this old woman πππ
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I didn't really play though but I was always involved in almost every activity.
You're most welcome o π I take the honour with my full chest
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Youβre welcome, mama. πββοΈββ‘οΈ
When I learnt it's "standard living" that we're supposed to be singing from this rhyme eh?π
See me saying I would be a nurse thenπ
π You're not alone in the situation. Thank God we were kids then sha, shouting Sanda lily with confidence
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Had it been you knew. π
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That's nice . But shey you know it's wrong how you have been singing it,πππ. .come you people are making me laugh abeg.
Let me not type correction for you yet
π€£π€£ Yes now. We all now know it is standard living but it is still not as interesting as Sanda lily π
Sanda lily is a forever correct way to sing it π to enjoy the rhymes
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She knows. π
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Omo! It took my whole years of living to learn that it isn't "Sanda lily" but "standard living".
And I still haven't accepted the correction, I mean, it's not sweet like that na "Standard living" ke π
ππ It can never be sweet o cos the Sanda is short and precise for the rhythm. Who standard help? π
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Thank you o, my sister. ππ€²
Thatβs just it. Everyone should know that and know peace. πββοΈ
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Me I still donβt know it oo.π
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Standard living ke no be smallπ€£π€£π€£
The sand lililili is sweeterππ€²
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πππ
Nice Mr D and D but the correct version of that rhyme is...
*"Standard
Which one is Mr D and D again? ππ€²
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Nice Mr D and D but the correct version of that rhyme is...
"Standard living,
Standard living,
Standard living,
Standard living,
Standard living, standard living, standard living, standard question"
"You are Doctor in you country,
Everybody knows you well,
If they look you up and down,
They will know that is true"
ππ Oya come and pay your school fees to me. I Sabi book πππ
π It's the Mr D and D for me. I'm a Miss though
We know it is standard living now. Recheck the parent post to see that it was stated. But no how, the standard can't sound interesting like the Sanda lily is what we have been saying.
Think Abt it too π€ͺπ
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So as you sing it like that now is it sweet? πββοΈ
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Exactly cus I was expecting to see this πΉ
At least I manage know this one πΉπΉ
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As in ehhhh
As I see sanda lililili like this
I shock π€£π€£π€£
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See interesting rhymes that they are trying to change
Please tell this generation to leave us with our sanda lill o, we are not interested in their new vision. The thing no even follow self
Standard living standard living
Standard living, standard living
Standard living, standard living standard living.......
π€£π€£ You get!!!! It's just entering gallops for someone's mouth. E no smooth at all like our lovely Sanda lily Sanda lily
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Youβre a comrade, mama. ππ«‘
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Exactly
They should leave our sanda lililili for usπ€²π
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Na really sanda Lily. π€£π€£π€£
You gerrit π
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Aunti so you are among those that have been spoiling this song
Which one is sanda lilililiπ€£π€£π€£π€£
Do you know that itβs in this my old age that I knew it was standard living
Our teachers are not nice at allπ€£π€£π€£
Abi maybe they didnβt know tooπ€²π
I can argue it to some length sha that they probably dont know it was standard living as well
Hehehe......
This ise laughing because I have show, devil is a liar. Last week wasn't really a good week for me , it also affected my weekend, but I'm here now.
This week.
One of my favourite nursery rhymes is "Mary had a little lamb"
You know then , When I was younger , Luke around primary 2 or so, my class was very close to the babies class and whenever those kids start singing , I would just silently be tapping my foot in my own class
I never knew how to sing this time until they sang it in the babies class and since then , it has been the only rhyme that has stuck with me over the year. I don't think I can ever forget the rhyme at all.
@goldenproject @chefqueen @babygirl888
Come and tell me your favourite rhyme
Hehehe
Mary had a little lamb
Ehe
Complete it naaπππ
Before you go and sing crocodile like @empressjayπ
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You nko you didn't see the igbotic thing you did there nii?
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"It followed her to work one day, work one day, work one day.
It followed her to work one dayyyyyy and Mary lost her job"
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Mary had a big lamb.
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I donβt know the whole rhyme too. π€£
Let me give you this church own
My head
My shoulder
My knee
My toes
Complete the rest ππ
They all belong to jesus π
Guyyy nawa for you o
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He say na church own π
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All belong to Jesus and @hopestylist
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Are you sure you know the completion
One of the sweetest rhyme I've ever heard, I use to love those videos that portrayed the lyrics.
Oh those good old days π₯Ή
Yeah... The videos too used to make sense.
Old good days π
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We gather dey. π
Mary had a little lamb was one of my favorites too. The melody of that rhyme is so nice.
Yeah its a nice poem.
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I attended α»₯lα» akwα»₯kwα» α»ta akara not nursery school. π€£ Back then, our writing materials were slate and chalk not exercise books and pencil or pen that we have now. There were no school bags or lunch boxes, just carry your slate on your head with your oversized uniform and you're good to go. π€£π€£
So what I learnt back then were mainly rhymes in my native language, Igbo. I'd share some with translations.
Kα»₯α»ro nα»₯ nwa ngwere aka....erente
Kα»₯α»ro nα»₯ nwa ngwere aka....erente
Nwa ngwere ejeghi ije na α» gbara α»sα» ....erente
Piii ....erente
Piiii ah ....erente
Ah eh! ....erente
1, 2,
You start again.
We'll just be singing, clapping and dancing round in a circle.
Translation
Clap for the lizard.... erente
Clap for the lizard.... erente
The lizard didn't walk, it ran .... erente
Piii ....erente
Piiii ah ....erente
Ah eh! ....erente
1, 2,
Chai, good old memories.
@alwaysonyi and @ebony-mama will know this one. π€£
But lemme shock you with Gen Z rhymes π€£
Jack & Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown
and Jill came tumbling after.
Jack & Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of water.
Jill fell down and broke her crown
and Jack came tumbling after.
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
Jack and Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of water.
Carefully they brought it down
and gave it to their mother.
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
Another favorite one.
Two little blackbirds sitting on the wall
One named Peter, and one named Paul.
Fly away Peter, fly away Paul,
Come back Peter, come back Paul.
Oh! come back little black birds and sit on the wall.
Now here's the fun part of the rhyme instead of One named Peter and Paul, we'd say
Nwanne m Peter, nwanne m Paul. π€£π
Who remembered this one?
One, two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
This little finger on the right.
This little finger on the right.
And so on.
This one is known by everyone na.
This is the way we brush our teeth
Brush our teeth, brush our teeth.
This is the way we brush our teeth
On a warm and sunny morning.
This is the way we wash our face
Wash our face, wash our face
This is the way we wash our face
On a warm and sunny morning.
This is the way we comb our hair
Comb our hair, comb our hair
This is the way we comb our hair
On a warm and sunny morning.
This is the way we put on our clothes
Put on our clothes, put on our clothes
This is the way we put on our clothes
On a warm and sunny morning.
I haff try, abi?
Let me call my village people π€£π€£
@emreal
@dwixer @debbie-ese @fashtioluwa @goodysam @vecajo6 @ladyfoth @bakinba @debbydaniels @iamchimary @beauty197 @winanda @hiveenthusiast @thelastdash @chi4god, come and join the fun. Share your nursery rhymes.
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!DOOK
!BBH
Hahahahah hahahahah please don't let me laugh out my intestines, my Ota Akara school was just opposite our compound so with my slate that was three times bigger than me I would just cross to the other side of the road then will be singing same song.
Hahaha, that oversize slate was a thing then. You'll look like you carried the whole world on your head. π€£π€£
!LOLZ
!DOOK
!BBH
Abeg share the rhymes let's sing along with you.
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Jack and Jill is such a nice sing. My sister used to sing it. I still donβt know that song oo.
Yes, it is and I love the demonstration more. π€£
!LOLZ
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Who told you I be your village people? LoL π
All Naija for Hive follow for my village people. Abeg share your nursery rhymes joor. π€£
!DOOK
!BBH
There is nothing educative about your old school rhymes abeg, which one is clap for the lizard? ππ
You sef check our modern day rhymes and confirm the difference, hehhe.
Sha, rhymes made school fun back then, whether they had educative lyrics or not we never cared, there was just that energy they carry that brings hope and joy.
My favorite rhyme then was
Paw-paw is a kind of fruit,
Pawpaw is a kind of fruit,
Sweet like sugar,
Yellow like fanta,
Everybody likes pawpaw.
Paw..paw.
Pawpaw gives us energy,
E..gy, gy, gy.
E..gy, gy, gy, gy.
E.. gy, ey, gy...
Funny Sha..
Thanks for the tag momma
Did you say that there's nothing educative in my rhyme?
Okay wait, do you think it's easy for a lizard to always be on the run? To even fall down from tress and buildings no be moi moi. π€£
That's why they needed to be clapped for. Na motivation levels be that. π€£
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!DOOK
!BBH
That pawpaw rhyme is always evergreen.
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So na from this rhyme una learn this slang E for Energy π€£
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Ahhhh
Mama luchyl with the rhyme encyclopedia π€£π€£π€£
You have finished work
The price goes to you ππππ
Yes na. That's the benefit of being old school. π€£π€£
Luchyl you have put smile on my face this morning....
Chaii I have remember how I used to go to school without wearing pants with my LONG UNIFORM that covers my leg and if i wear pant it means i have find the one that is bigger than me then I will tie it rupe around me
Kpukpute Ogene .....Ogene ogenenta
Onye nacho Ogene Ogene ogenenta
Nmuuhhh Nmuuhhhh Ogene ogenenta etc and two people will be clapping they hand above they head while others will benddown below they hand round them we'll running around the circle π΄ no be small matter....
Another one is
Agbankpu choro nchonchoro
Webee gara ugwufiri
Eweleke, overzise pant and uniform, your own worse abeg. π€£π€£!DOOK LOLZ
I love that Kpα»₯ kpα»₯ kpα»₯ ogene so much. Chai, miss those good old days.
I'm glad joined. Welcome.
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There is fire on the mountain, run run run!
I can not complete it because it's bringing tears to my eyes like this... Who would have thought those words were warning us of the future Nigeria?
I want to run (japa) πββοΈ who is with me?
@hopestylist @empressjay I have use trailer and carry myself and come o, you people tag almost finish my data π€§
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As in. Better warning o
It's trailer you want to use mama? What happened to hanging from one ship like that?π€²π
It's trailer o, you know I'm very fat π€§
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Me too I want to Japa with you o. Hope you have space in your bagπ
My bag ke
Person wey dey run from fire go get time to pack bag? π
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Why did the data not finish? π‘
Evil that men do π€£π€£π€£
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Ahhahaha
Itβs now that we should be singing that song because right now thereβs really fire on the mountain π€£π€£π€£
I want to run to Canada π€£π€£π€£
Omo! Them nor suppose tell us first π
Take me with you abeg
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A wonderful initiative and I'm just joining the party.....well better late than neverπ
Make una give me chance becos I haff com oooo.
Nursery rhymes were taught to me in song form when I was in nursery school. To make sure it stuck with us, our teachers back then would make us recite every morning before any class activity would commence. At a point in our lives, we could not do without them.
My favourite nursery rhyme back in the day was "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall".
I liked this rhyme because of the demonstrations that accompanied it. Once we start singing, our teachers would demonstrate and we (the pupils) would copy them. It was always fun reciting those nursery rhymes.
Here goes my rhyme...
"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
All the king's horses and all the king's men,
Could not put Humpty Dumpty together again".
At that time, I thought the nursery rhyme was about a real person who was perhaps careless and lost his life but as I grew older, I began to read in between the lines and that was when it clicked to me that the nursery rhyme was about trust. Once trust is broken, it is difficult to regain its original form (*I'm a smarty pants right? .....I know π)
If there's a rhyme that I feel most people don't know, then that would a rhyme taught to me by my dad as a child and it was sang in my father tongue. *Oya ibibio people, come and Mark register here oπ.
The rhyme goes thus...
*"Cassava....iwang,
Banana.......mbodo,
Udodia.....plantain
Waterleaf....mmong mong nkong,
Sugar cane.......mboko.
Abeg clap for me, e no easy oπππ
Even though I'm not so fluent in that dialect but I still remember that rhyme a lot. *Maybe it is because it has connections to food ππ.
I won't eat this dinner served by @nkemakonam alone. I invite @patienceakoan, @faithwellington, @luchyl, @rukkie and @elizzy to come and join the party ππππ
Happy weekend to you all...cheersπ₯
Humpty is one of the rhymes that may never go into extinction. Tell you what, children still sing it in pre-school class popularly known as JELEOSINMI
Yes ooo
ππππππ thanks for the invite.
Na that food own I like pass. Abeg how I go take collect all the things wey you mention. I'm not selfish, I will manage three, Cassava, Plantain and Sugarcane.
Oya Osiso! Buru ya osiiso! I'm waiting.
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Who teach Yoruba girl Igbo language π
No wahala. Let me Jumia it to you ππ
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Omo. You prepare come o. ππ€²
I actually never really understood the meaning of Humpty Dumpty. Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us. π₯°
Awwwn, thank you π.
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I didnβt know this Humpty Dumpty one ooo
Omo that must be one orobo
Orobo fall yakata π€£π€£π€£π€£
Ewoooooo
And that second one π
I canβt relate π€²π€£
Yes ooo. Anytime we sang it, we would fall and roll on the floor πππ
The second one is in my dialect, so it's unique π
This is sure going to take us down the memory lane. Thanks hive naija for bringing back our old vibe.
One of the few rhymes i may not forget in years to come is Cinderella dressed in yellow because of the way i useydto sing it wrongly.
The day it was sang at a graduation party i attended i was so embarrassed that i had been singing the wrong rhymes all the while. The good thing is that i learnt the correct words and here is what i learnt
Cinderella dressed in yellow
was suppose to kiss a fellow
by mistake she kissed a snake
how many doctors does she needs
So one,
two,
three,
four,
five,
six,
seven,
eight,
nine,
ten.
@ruki,@imehakpan,@faithwellinton lets have yours please.
I knew this rhyme and it was used a fun game while I was in primary school.
Yes oo.
Toorr, Na rubbish I dey sing since.
I thought it was
"Cinderella dressed in yellow
went outside to kiss a fellow
by mistake she kissed a snake"
I don learn today. Btw, your tag isn't correct o.
Na rukkie o, no be ruki, in case you wan send me some HBD, make my blessings no pass me by.
Tankiu ma.
Okay now it just occurred to me that I was also singing rubbish ππΉ
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No be only you, we plenty for this table.
Okay noted.
H wetin? Shey you play ni?π€£π€£π€£π€£
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Wahala for kiss oooππππ€²π€²
God abeg
Ahhh! Are you sure this is the correct lyrics like this?π
Pls feel free to correct if you sight any error, I am open to learning
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Omo. I have never heard this rhyme. π
I will go and watch a video on it to listen to the melody.
Ahhhhh
Kiss a snake kwa π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£
How come am just hearing this rhyme nowπππ
This kyn Cinderella shaaπ€£π€£
How come I am just hearing this rhyme nowπ€²π€²ππππ
Which primary school did all of you go to π€£π€£π€£
Nice one, I like the idea. Thanks to @empressjay @babygirl888 @goldenproject for the invite.
For me, the nursery rhyme that easily comes to mind is one that I didn't even know until I was in junior secondary; Old Roger is dead.
Back then in JSS1, I was nicknamed old soldier, which was annoying back then. So when they want to get on my nerves they would sing Old Roger and it really used to work back thenπ
Good old days.
Old Roger is dead and gone to his grave,
Hβm, ha! gone to his grave.
They planted an apple tree over his head.
Hβm, ha! over his head
The apple grew ripe and ready to drop,
Hβm, ha! ready to drop
There came a high wind and blew them all off,
Hβm, ha! blew them all off
There came and old woman to pick them all up.
Hβm, ha! pick them all up.
Old Roger got up and have her a knock,
Hβm, ha! gave her a knock.
Which made the old woman go hipperty-hop,
Hβm, ha! hipperty hop
@sperosamuel15 @chuksmeezy @clem1 @ucngozi @fredaa @agbani @chukwukajrr come drop urs
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I remember this rhyme
My mumβs favourite
Nice one bro
It was my sisterβs favorite.
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Lol, thanks dear
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Mr Doctor.
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Bossuπ
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Do you know the part I like demonstrating?
This is how we know bullies.π
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Oh my goodness, so I was singing it wrongly all this time lol
We have all been there.π
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Lol, say thank you o π
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I enjoyed this one. I remember singing it with my siblings.π€²
Lol, dem use am pepper me for school π
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Ahhhh
This was my mumβs favourite rhyme ooo
I got to even know of the Igbo version first before the English courtesy of mumπ€£π€£π€£π€£
We even used to act it those daysπ€²π
I grew up with a lot of people in the house. I had many younger and older cousins. Younger siblings who would be jumping up and down, and older siblings who would be distributing knocks according to size. Every Saturday, the usual Saturday breakfast was Akara and pap or custard. We would gather around and start singing. I knew many nursery rhyme songs, but my favorite that I still sometimes sing is:
London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down,
Falling down.
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady!
Take the key and lock her up,
And lock her up.
And lock her up.
Take the key and lock her up,
My fair lady!
How will we then build it up?,
Build it up,
Build it up.
How we will then build it up?,
My fair lady!
@hopestylist thanks for bringing me here. This is my favorite.
@treasuree before you say I did not tag you.
@justola
Itβs the distributing knocks according to size for me. πππ
You see this rhyme, I only knew the first stanza. I never even knew it had other stanzas. π€£
Very wicked people.π€²π
One of them was a primary school teacher, so she knew those rhymes well.
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You even tried π
Me I didnβt know what they were singing in that last line
I just do ah ah ah ahπ€£π€£π€£
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See your life . Why did you now tag me now? Since you didn't tag me you are now tagging , I ask you to tag me ? Ehn ? Answer me .
Ah! Who is this woman?
Did you see me here yesterday?
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Say thank you!
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I have sha tagged you today.
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Do the calms sis
Do the calmsπ€²
Lock her up for what? What is her offense?π
A lot of things oo.π
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I didnβt even know what they were singing
After that falling down
I wee just dooo
Ah ah ah ahπ€£π€£π€£π€£
@luchyl thanks for the invite, but there is a problem here, am very old and I can't remember the nursery rhyme, you know all this nursery rhyme are for the younger generation like you not for us the schooled in the 70's at the back of Ukwa tree
Hahahahah hahahahah hahahahah hahahahah hahahahah hahahahah hahahahah hahahahah hahahahah
You're welcome.
Ah ukwa and udara tree, Chai. I miss old days. So fun and interesting.
Am telling you oo
Hahahah
You are really old π€£π€£π€£
I remember when I was in the fourth grade and my shoes were torn and my mother taught me this poem.... and I didn't learn it by heart but when I did this experiment I learned it and my mother said you go to the cobbler and tell him this poemππ And I did so, but the cobbler didn't understand what I was saying because he didn't know
Cobbler cobbler, ment my shoes,
Get it done by half pass two,
Stich it up and stich it down
And I will give you half a crown
Then I told my mother she laughed and shared it with the family. And then my family used to tease me with hello little cobblerππ€£π€£
I would suggest these topics...
Favourite subject or favourite childhood myth.
@hopestylist, check these out
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Come, letβs talk about chess.
I'm craving Akara and Pap.π₯²π€²
@hopestylist @treasuree @princessbusayo
Guyyy! I thought itβs your response you tagged us to.
Go and buy, love.
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1000+ comments already. You guys have broken the record.
@emjeak come and share your nursery rhymes with us here.
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I haff come again oo.
If you love dogs as much as I do, oya join me to sing this one. π€£π€£
@babygirl888 @bipolar95 @ibbtammy, I know you like dogs. π€£
There was a farmer who had a dog
And Bingo was his name-o
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-o
There was a farmer who had a dog
And Bingo was his name-o
I-N-G-O, I-N-G-O, I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-o
There was a farmer who had a dog
And Bingo was his name-o
N-G-O, N-G-O, N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-o
There was a farmer who had a dog
And Bingo was his name-o
G-O, G-O, G-O
And Bingo was his name-o
There was a farmer who had a dog
And Bingo was his name-o
O, O, O
And Bingo was his name-o
There was a farmer who had a dog
And Bingo was his name-o
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-o
This one na Gen Z pattern o
That's the idea. π€£
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The person that wrote that rhyme was a genz in gen Qπ€£π€£π€£π€£
It was fun those days though
Hehehe
!LOLZ
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Wow. Taking me back to those days where we don't have to think of what to eat, or what to wear or even how to put food on the table but our lives were lively and free. We love singing rhymes and my favourite then was...
"Ba ba black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes sir yes sir
Three bags full
One...for the master
One...for the dame
One...for the little boy that lives down the lane...."
This was a rhyme that lived rent-free in my head π π and I remember how I'd sing going round the house, especially when there's holiday or mid term break. I hate going to school then π π and at the sound of "Holiday is coming...." I feel so excited and ready to bid my friends goodbye.
This is official. Hope just learnt the actual lyrics to this rhyme now now. π§ββοΈ
Thank you so much for sharing this with us, mama.
Hahaha π
So many rhymes we sang wrongly then, only for us to know the actual lyrics later on.
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Chaiied
I only knew so many rhymes and there really lyrics as an adult ππππ€²
As kids we were singing rubbishπ€£
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Omo
I just knew about this rhymes full lyrics as an adult πππ
I didnβt know what I was singing as a kid
I stop at yes sir yes sirπ€£π€£π€£π€£
I was searching for a weekly topic and I found this in hive naija community π
My favorite childhood rhyme was Twinkle twinkle little star....
How I wonder what you are....
Up above the world so high....
Like a diamond in a sky.....
Maybe this rhyme is the reason that I'm a sky watcher ππ€£ I can gaze at little stars for all the night.....
@iaiman do you remember this rhyme which we sing in our childhood π I invite you to also to tell your favorite rhyme of childhood in comment section
Haha, yes we used to sing this poem but you remind me of little cobbler, I think you will rememberπ€£π€£
Yes but I forget about it π
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