Let Us Go to the Wood, Says This Pig
This rhyme is said to each finger…
Let Us Go to the Wood, Says This Pig
Nursery Rhyme
1. Let us go to the wood, says this pig;
2. What to do there? says that pig;
3. To look for my mother, says this pig;
4. What to do with her? says that pig;
5. To kiss her and love her, says this pig.
Notes
Here's the version from Mother Goose's Melodies, The Only Pure Edition (published in Boston in 1833):
Song set to Five Toes.
1. Let us go to the wood, says this pig.
2. What to do there ? says that pig ;
3. To look for mother, says this pig ;
4. What to do with her? says that pig ;
5. Kiss her to death, says this pig.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This finger play can be found in Harry's Ladder to Learning (1850). The illustration is from Mother Goose's Melodies, The Only Pure Edition (published in Boston in 1833).
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