Poetry Friday: Danish Nursery Rhyme
June 29th, 2007 at 1:26 pm (Books, Poetry Friday)
Today I felt like sharing a funny Danish nursery rhyme. I always liked reading this one when I was a child (it’s in a collection we had growing up). The best part was always saying the names out loud!
There once was a King
who had three daughters.
The oldest he called
Sip!
The second he called
Sip sippernip!
But the youngest of all he called
Sip sippernip sip sirumsip!
Not far away lived another King
who had three sons.
The oldest was called
Skrat!
The second was called
Skrat skratterat!
But the youngest of all was called
Skrat skratterat skrat skrirumskrat!
Now by and by
the two Kings got together,
the King who had three daughters
and the King who had three sons,
and decided that their children
should marry.
And married they were!
Sip
got
Skrat
and
Sipsippernip got Skratskratterat
and
Sipsippernipsipsirumsip got Skratskratteratskratskrirumskrat.
As simple as that!
Have a great Friday everybody! The round-up is over at Shaken & Stirred, so go check it out!
Wendy Anderson said,
March 2, 2009 at 3:06 am
I am so glad a quick Google search brought up your blog post. I have been trying to find the poorly-remembered rhyme–my older kids and I read it a lot to my now-17 year old youngest. We think there was another Danish rhyme he liked, too…Do you remember the name of the book you had? I have a brand-new baby granddaughter and would love to hunt out a copy. Your blog is great! Cheers, Wendy
Rosepixie said,
March 2, 2009 at 1:14 pm
I know exactly what book the rhyme came from, but of course I can’t remember the title! And we just moved last week, so my books are all still in boxes. When they get unpacked I’ll post the name of the book and the information necessary to track it down here so that you can find it. Sorry!
Thanks for the comment! I’m glad that you liked the post and my blog!
Torsten said,
September 18, 2009 at 6:18 pm
“It’s Raining said John Twaining” by N. M. Bodecker. I used to love that book as a child.