Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn The sheep’s in the meadow, the cow’s in the corn But where is the boy who looks after the sheep? He’s under the haystack fast asleep. Will you wake him? No – Not I! For if I do He’ll surely cry!
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 home he trot As fast as he could caper He went to bed to mend his head With vinegar and brown paper.
Incy Wincy spider climbed up the spout Down came a paper, and gave him such a clout Out came the raindrops and washed him down the drain Now Incy Wincy spider will not be back again.
Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the spout Down came the raindrops and washed the spider out Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain Now Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the spout again.
These are a couple of creatively silly Humpty Dumpty alternative poems that are firm favourites with the children in my Fun With Poetry assemblies. There is a token gesture of hyperbole used as humour, but otherwise they are just funny poems! Humpty Dumpty sat on my knee Humpty Dumpty had a great wee