A brisk little tease for a sulking child, suggesting she face the wall until her mood passes. Its short, sing-song lines make it quick to recite and handy for jollying a grump along.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
Here's Sulky Sue,
What shall we do?
Turn her face to the wall
Till she comes to.
About this rhyme
This is a tease rhyme for a strop, not a comfort one. Four lines, no plot: turn the sulker to face the wall until the mood passes. Say it with a grin rather than a scold, so a child in a huff doesn't feel got at, and swap in their own name if it helps.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition