A classic nursery rhyme like you ve never heard it before.
1 2 buckle my shoe 3 4 lock the door.
One two buckle my shoe.
Watch it with your kids and.
It was followed in 1910 by the buckle my shoe picture book containing other rhymes too.
Three four knock at the door.
3 4 shut the door the workers are now in their workshop.
This had coloured full page illustrations.
Composites for lines 1 2 and 3 4 and then one for each.
Originally the song might describe a regular day of lace makers who were traditional workers back in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Five six pick up sticks.
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.
1 2 buckle my shoe would mean that the workers are getting ready to work.
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