"Mother
Goose"
Words in RED are the personalized words
"Mother Goose"
was created especially for
Rose Marie Wright
at the age of 2
With Love From,
Mommy & Daddy
April 4, 2002
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The
rain fell against the house on 321 Shady Ln..
"We can't play outside; it's just too wet," sighed Rose. "It's too wet and gray for Timmy, Jack and Jane to come over." A rhyme came
to mind. This gave Rose an idea for a new game.
Rain, rain go away,
come again some other day.
For Rose,
Timmy, Jack and Jane,
it's just too wet to play
today.
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"This
is fun!" Rose said. She quickly tried another rhyme.
Hey, diddle, diddle!
Rose played the fiddle;
Timmy, jumped over the moon.
Jack laughed to see such a
sport,
and Jane
ran away with the spoon.
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"That
was pretty good," Rose said. "Here's
another one..."
Pat-a-cake,
pat-a-cake, baker's man.
Bake Rose a cake and a
gingerbread man.
Put it in the
oven, so fluffy and light,
Then
serve it to Rose, Timmy,
Jack and Jane tonight.
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Rose
laughed out loud when she thought of this one...
Rose saw an
old woman
who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children,
she didn't know what to do.
She gave Rose some broth
and some cinnamon bread,
and kissed her and hugged her,
and put her to bed.
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Rose
wondered what she could do with "Jack be nimble."
Rose be nimble, Rose be quick,
Rose jumped over the
candlestick.
Rose jumped so high
she touched the sky...
and didn't get back
'til the Fourth of July.
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Rose
remembered she had heard this
one
in school one day...
Little Bo Peep has lost her
sheep
and doesn't know where to
find them.
"Leave them
alone," Rose said
on the phone,
"And I'll travel close
behind them."
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Jack and Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his
crown,
and Jill came tumbling
after.
Up Jack got and off did
trot,
careful not to stray.
But there sat Jill so sad
and still,
so then Rose said, "Let's play!"
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What are little girls made
of?
Sugar and spice and
everything nice.
That's what little girls are
made of.
Rose
giggled when she thought of this one.
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What are little boys made of?
Snakes and snails and
puppy dog tails.
That's what little boys are
made of.
Rose
really giggled when she thought of this one.
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Thirty days have September,
April,
June and November.
All the rest have
thirty-one,
excepting February alone;
Rose sees twenty-eight days
there,
and Rose
sees twenty-nine
each leap year.
"This
is getting too easy," said Rose. "I'll try a harder one."
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Little Miss Muffet sat on a
tuffet
eating her curds and whey.
Before a big spider could
sit down
beside her, Rose stood bold
with a big stick to hold,
and frightened the spider
away.
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It
only took a moment for Rose to come up with a
new rhyme.
Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty-Dumpty had a great
fall.
All the king's horses and
all the king's
men couldn't put Humpty
together again.
Then along came Rose with
her tape and her glue
and put back the pieces as
good as new.
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Hickory, dickory dock,
the mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
the mouse ran down,
and followed Rose into town.
Hickory, dickory dock.
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Rose
had trouble with the next rhyme. "Try adding your name to this one," Rose said.
Peter Piper picked a peck
of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers
Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck
of pickled
peppers, where's the peck of
pickled
peppers Peter Piper picked?
Oh, well...Rose doesn't like to eat
pickled peppers anyway.
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Rose
thought of this clever rhyme for "Three men in a tub."
Rub-a-dub dub,
three men in a tub.
Who do you think they could
be?
The barber, the baker, the
candlestick
maker, all floating in the
sea.
Jack couldn't believe all the
fish they retrieved,
until Rose pulled out three.
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Twinkle, twinkle little
star,
how Rose
wonders where you are.
Up above Rose's world so high,
like a diamond in the sky.
Your bright and shining
little spark
makes Rose happy as a lark.
Glowing brightly near and
far,
Twinkle, twinkle little
star.