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See-saw

Traditional

ages 0 to 2nursery rhymesread aloudabout 5 seconds aloud

The rhyme behind the playground seesaw chant, though it comes with a strange little detail: Margery Daw has sold her bed and is sleeping on straw. The bounce of the words does most of the work.

From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.

See-saw, Margery Daw,
Sold her bed and lay upon straw.

Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition

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