Throw It Out the Window

Well, this has nothing to do with any of my more familiar blog topics. But every now and then my blog serves as a record that I can reference when needed. For instance, my recipe for no bake chocolate cookies (or Dino Dukies, as they were introduced to me by my childhood best friend) can be found within my postings. It's the link I give to my siblings and nephews and nieces any time the recipe is requested. So, today, I’m going to use my blog as a place where I can reference a favorite “nursery song” that is one of my children’s favorites. The first time I sang it to them it had them laughing and hollering for a good while at bedtime. I learned it from my sisters when I was a child, and they most likely learned it either at girls camp or from cousins in Utah or something. But of course when we sang it as kids we usually only sang a couple verses. Well, with my own kids it’s been more fun to see just how many verses we could get! And that involves referencing half a dozen websites. This is easier. So, just in case anyone else needs a good fun song to sing with their children, here’s all the verses I’ve compiled of an old family favorite “Throw it out the window” which is really just a way to play with all the old nursery rhymes. I'm sure I'll update it if I think of any other verses! Here's a reference for the tune if needed but you'll notice we didn't use exactly the same lyrics.

Mary had a little lamb

Its fleece was white as snow

and everywhere that Mary went

She threw it out the window,

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

And everywhere the Mary went

She threw it out the window.

Old mother Hubbard went to the cupboard

to fetch her poor dog a bone

but when she got there

the cupboard was bare

So she threw it out the window

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

When she got there the cupboard was bare so

She threw it out the window.

Little Jack Horner

Sat in his Corner

Eating his Christmas pie

He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum

And he threw it out the window

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum

And he threw it out the window.

Little Miss Muffet sat on her Tuffet

Eating her curds and whey

Along came a spider which sat down beside her

So she threw it out the window

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

Along came a spider who sat down beside her so

She threw it out the window.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

All the king's horses

and all the king's men,

they threw him out the window.

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

All the kings horses and all the kings men,

they threw him out the window.

Jack and Jill went up the hill

to fetch a pail of water

Jack fell down and broke his crown 

and Jill threw him out the window

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

Jack fell down and broke his crown 

so Jill threw him out the window.

Hey diddle diddle,

The Cat and the Fiddle 

The Cow jumped over the moon

The little dog laughed to see such sport

So they threw him out the window

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

The little dog laughed to see such sport

so they threw him out the window.

Old king cole was a merry old soul

And a merry old soul was he

He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl

And he threw them out the window

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl

And he threw them out the window.

Mary Mary quite contrary 

how does your garden grow

with silver shells and cockle shells

She threw them out the window

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

with silver bells and cockle shells

She threw them out the window.

Little Bo Peep
Has lost her sheep,
And doesn't know where to find them;
But leave them alone,
And when they come home,
She'll throw them out the window.

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

with silver bells and cockle shells

She threw them out the window.

Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone
Oh where, oh where can he be?
With his ears cut short and his tail cut long
I'll throw him out the window

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

with his ears cut short and his tail cut long

I'll throw him out the window.

Yankee Doodle went to town
A-riding on a pony
He stuck a feather in his cap
And he threw it out the window

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

he stuck a feather in his cap 

And he threw it out the window.

A-tisket, a-tasket
A green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love
And threw it out the window.

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

I wrote a letter to my love

And threw it out the window.

Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater
Had a wife and couldn't feed her
He put her in a pumpkin shell
And he threw her out the window,

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

He put her in a pumpkin shell

And he threw her out the window.

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
Had so many children she didn't know what to do
She gave them some broth without any bread

And threw them out the window

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

She gave them some broth without any bread,

And threw them out the window.

Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are?

Up above the world so high,

Let's throw it out the window,

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

Up above the world so high,

Let's throw it out the window.

Old MacDonald had a farm, 

E-I-E-I-O

And on that farm he had a cow

And he threw it out the window,

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

And on that farm he had a cow

And he threw it out the window.

Rub-a-dub-dub
Three men in a tub
And who do you think they'd be?
The butcher, the baker
The candlestick-maker

Let's throw them out the window!

The Window, the Window,

The Second Story Window

The butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker

Let's throw them out the window!