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Sulky Sue

Traditional

ages 0 to 2nursery rhymesread aloudabout 9 seconds aloud

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.

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

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