1 2 Buckle My Shoe 3 4 Lock The Door

3 4 shut the door the workers are now in their workshop.

1 2 buckle my shoe 3 4 lock the door.

Seven eight lay them straight. Three four knock at the door. Composites for lines 1 2 and 3 4 and then one for each. English nursery counting rhymes for babies kids songs counting rhymes poems for kids one two buckle my shoe nursery rhyme.

It was followed in 1910 by the buckle my shoe picture book containing other rhymes too. 1 2 buckle my shoe would mean that the workers are getting ready to work. This had coloured full page illustrations. Originally the song might describe a regular day of lace makers who were traditional workers back in the 17th and 18th centuries.

5 6 pick up stick getting their tools wooden sticks were tools used at. The first was a single volume picture book john lane 1869 with end papers showing a composite of the 1 10 sequence and of the 11 20 sequence. One two buckle my shoe. Nine ten a.