Conversations in Rhyme
Kisha's Song, Roon About, and Ride the Horsie
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Kisha's Song

Bye, Mama’s baby
Go to sleepy-y,
Bye, Mama’s baby
Go to sleep.
(repeat)

Mama saw you
While you were sleepin’,
Mama saw you
While you were ‘sleep.
(repeat)

Mama loves her
Darlin’ baby,
Mama loves her
Darlin’ dear.
(repeat)

Go to sleepy-y
Mama’s baby,
Go to sleepy,
Mama’s dear.
(repeat)

–Orial Marhiney

Roon About

Roon about, roon about, (trace a circle on the palm)
Cathch a wee mouse,
Up a bit, up a bit, up a bit,
In a wee house. (“walk” fingers up the arm)

Pat Scanlon

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Ride the Horsie

Ride, ride, Ranke
Hesten hette Blanka
Vor skall vi riden?
Til de gamles smide.
Man ingen war til hjeme
Bar to dumme hunde
Som sa:
“Aruffarufaruffaruffaruff”.

First we learn to walk,
Then we learn to trot,
Then we learn to gallop fast,
Then we learn to drop.

Bob Marshall

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Trot, trot to Boston,
Trot, trot to Lynn,
Watch out little boy,
You don’t – fall – IN

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This is the way the ladies ride,
The ladies ride, the ladies ride,
This is the way the ladies ride,
So early in the morning.

This is the way the gentlemen ride, etc.

And this is the way the farmers ride,
A-hobbledy, hobbledy, hobbledy,hobbledy,
BOOM!

Both by Polly McQueen

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(Ride, ride, Ranke,
The horse’s name is Blanka.
Where shall we ride?
To the old smithy.
Nobody was home
But two dumb dogs
Who said:
“Aruffaruffaruffaruffaruff.”

Norwegian Song, Mark Ylvisaker

 


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