Extra Credit Reading Notes: Nursery Rhymes, Part B

Fly and Humble-bee's Wedding

FIDDLE-DE-DEE, fiddle-de-dee,
The fly shall marry the humble-bee.
They went to the church, and married was she:
The fly has married the humble-bee.

I found something very cute and charming about this rhyme.  I like how the rhyme says "humble-bee" instead of "bumble bee."  If this were a fairy tale, the fly would probably represent someone who came from a poor background, and the "humble-bee" would represent the beautiful, humble prince/princess.

GEORGEY PORGEY, pudding and pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry;
When the girls come out to play,
Georgey Porgey runs away.

It seems that Georgey is just a sweet little boy who wants a girl to like him.  Maybe one day he'll kiss a girl who doesn't cry, and she'll kiss him back!

Girls and boys, come out to play;
The moon doth shine as bright as day;
Leave your supper, and leave your sleep,
And come with your playfellows into the street.
Come with a whoop, come with a call,
Come with a good will or not at all.
Up the ladder and down the wall,
A halfpenny roll will serve us all.
You find milk, and I'll find flour,
And we'll have a pudding in half-an-hour.

This reminds me of that scene in the move Hocus Pocus, when Sarah Jessica Parker's character is singing the spell to lure all of the kids to the witches' house.

Bibliography:  Nursery Rhymes by Andrew Lang