Ok, whats this LILIO stuff, I didn't realise the big ship song had a meaning? The farmer wants a wife is the last verse of The Farmer's in the dell, as far as I remember. Lets see, there was "in and out the dusty bluebells... who will be your master?" which wasn't one we tended to play ourselves on a whim like the others, but ended up being played when teachers or dinner ladies were in charge of things, had complex moving under and over joined arm things, I remember vaguely, most of these things have actions, don't they?
Oranges and lemons didn't scare me especially, I was more fascinated by the whole bell thingy. A hunting we will go.. catch a fox and put him in a box and never let him go.
Re: Goosey Gander, have you seen the episode of Sapphire and Steel featuring that one, most spooky with the constant upstairs and downstairs and soldiers marching.
I'm not so well up on songs from other countries, but I do remember a German novel by Duerrenmat where a little girl sings "Maria saB auf einem Stein..." and the glossary notes pointed out the song later talks about a boy coming in and cutting her head off or somehting equally wholesome!
Heh, you might regret asking, I'm fascinated too.
Oranges and lemons didn't scare me especially, I was more fascinated by the whole bell thingy. A hunting we will go.. catch a fox and put him in a box and never let him go.
Re: Goosey Gander, have you seen the episode of Sapphire and Steel featuring that one, most spooky with the constant upstairs and downstairs and soldiers marching.
I'm not so well up on songs from other countries, but I do remember a German novel by Duerrenmat where a little girl sings "Maria saB auf einem Stein..." and the glossary notes pointed out the song later talks about a boy coming in and cutting her head off or somehting equally wholesome!