Rhymes for Oct'09

I'm a Little Teapot
(the original version)

First verse:
I'm a little teapot,
Short and stout
Here is my handle (one hand on hip),
Here is my spout (other arm out straight)
When I get all steamed up,
Hear me shout
Just tip me over and pour me out! (lean over toward spout)

Second Verse:
I'm a clever teapot,
Yes it's true
Here let me show you
What I can do
I can change my handle
And my spout (switch arm positions)
Just tip me over and pour me out!
(lean over toward spout)

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"The Teapot Song" (commonly known as "I'm a Little Teapot") is a song describing the heating and pouring of a teapot. The song was originally written by George Harry Sanders and Clarence Kelley; and published in 1939. It is a simplified version from the "Waltz Clog", a popular and easy-to-learn tap dance routine, written for the younger "tots" to master with minimal skills and exploite the childrens' natural talent for pantomime. The song and the accompanying dance, the "Teapot Tip", then became enormously popular in America and overseas.

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Created on 30th Sept 2009

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Rhymes for Sept'09

Row, Row, Row Your Boat!


Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

(The most common modern version)


A Funny Version ...
Row, row, row your boat
gently down the stream
and if you see a crocodile,
don't forget to scream
Aghhhh!!!!!!

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Another Funny Version ...
Row Row Row Your Boat
Gently down the stream
You throw your teacher overboard
And listen to her scream

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Created on 1st Sept 2009

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Rhymes for August'09

One Two buckle my shoe
(The 1,2,3 .... song)

One two buckle my shoe
Three, four, knock at the door
Five, six, pick up sticks
Seven, eight, lay them straight
Nine, ten, a big fat hen

Eleven, twelve, dig and delve
Thirteen, fourteen, maids a-courting
Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen
Seventeen, eighteen, maids in waiting
Nineteen, twenty, my plate's empty

The rhyme above is the modern version of many counting-out rhymes out there. The oldest was first recorded in Songs for the Nursery, published in London in 1805.

Created on 30th July 2009

Rhymes for July'09

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
One for the master,
One for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.

Created on 30th June 2009

Rhymes for Jun'09

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses, And all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!

Created on 2nd June 2009

Rhymes for May'09

Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down.
Hickory, dickory, dock,

Created on 30th April 2009

Rhymes for Apr'09


Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How i wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How i wonder what you are.

Created on 2nd April 2009

Interesting Quotes

(Quotes of previous months)

Quote for Mar'09

Impatience never commanded success

Created on 1st March 2009

Quote for Jan'09

Inculacating my child with the right values & ethics is utmost important as i believe raising a well-adjusted child, with upright morals will set him well for life, much more than merely leaving him a rich inheritance. For this reason, i choose the path i take today.

Created on 31st December 2008

Quote for Dec'08


A happy childhood is utmost important to me as a mother.

Created on 1st December 2008

Quote for Nov'08

To all dad and mum:

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Created on 30th October 2008

Quote for Oct'08

To all newly dad and mum:

A baby will make days shorter,

bankrolls smaller,
clothes shabbier,
nights longer,
love stronger,
home happier,
the past forgetten and
the future worth living for!

Quoted from our friends,

Edmund & Hwei Lin
Created on 2th October 2008

Quote for Sept'08

To all greatest mum-to-be:

"Don't worry about the responsibilities after birth or how it will change your life. Because every decision you make opens up new paths, which come with their own rewards."

Quoted from a celebrity mother

Created on 26th August 2008

Quote for Aug'08

To all greatest mum-to-be:

What is the difference between a winner and a loser?

A winner always walks faster when he is hungry whereas a loser walks slower.

from my hubby, Danny Yan
Created on 30th July 2008

(derived after strolling home from dinner)

Quote for July'08

To all greatest mum-to-be:

"A seed can never become the mighty tree if it refuses to break through its protective husk."

from my hubby, Danny Yan

Created on 27th June 2008

Quote of the year 2008

To all greatest housewife:

"Women's place is in the HOME not because some chauvinist put her there, but because there is a law of gravity in human nature as there is in physics by which we seek our happiness at the center"

from a writer, John Senior