Tuesday, March 29, 2005

The Cheese Stands Alone

Oh the joy of learning (or re-learning) the vast array of songs for children. Let's have some fun with the ending to the Farmer in the Dell, the last stanza which ends the chain of events (farmer takes a wife, wife takes a child, child takes a dog, dog takes a cat, cat takes a rat, rat takes the cheese). The original goes something like this:

The cheese stands alone
The cheese stands alone
High-ho the derry-o
The cheese stands alone

Let's change this and add a few stanzas:

The cheese takes a mold
The cheese takes a mold
High-ho the derry-o
The cheese takes a mold

The mold takes a life
The mold takes a life
High-ho the derry-o
The mold takes a life

Feel free to add some more stanzas, I've left this one WIDE open...

2 comments:

Minka said...

The life takes a form
The life takes a form
High-ho the derry-o
The life takes a form

The form takes a shape
The form takes a shape
High-ho the derry-o
The form takes a shape

....

This is fun and I haven´t even heard the song. Now I will go to work and think about what the shape will trun into :)

Jen said...

The shape takes a name
The shape takes a name
High-ho the derry-o
The shape takes a name

The name changed the shape
The name changed the shape
High-ho the derry-o
The name changed the shape