Hickory Dickory Dock

[owlfish]

Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down
Hickory Dickory Dock.

[Poll #1939966]

I'm not used to this song having additional verses, but that's how it's sung at local playgroups. Is this a recent development? A UK thing? A local thing?

Comments

[desperance.livejournal.com]

That may be the American passion for sequels; I've never heard more than one verse. Nor do I think it needs them. This isn't a serial drama, it's a stand-alone.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Yet as a stand-alone it becomes merely derivative of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider". Hence the need for further verses, to improve upon the original by expanding the theme, with a more positive conclusion.