...of the 175th, formerly the 5th Maryland Infantry, rewrote the words to an old British army tune: Now Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old...and he called for his bowl, And he called for his generals three. "The Army's shot to hell," said the generals, "What's my next command?" said the colonels,...

...keep himself warm, And hide his head under his wing. Poor thing. Songs for the Nursery 1 1 So s I 17 Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old...And he called for his bowl, And he called for his tiddlers three. William King Useful Transactions in Philosophy 1 1 708-9) 18 Old Mother Hubbard Went...

...formula of word reversals in roughly equal phrasing. It appears in everything from nursery rhymes, "Old King Cole was a merry old soul / And a merry old soul was he," to advertising copy, "Our Flex is back, so we're back to Flex [a shampoo] ," to the most frequently...

...jewels, noting the shape of the jewels. Invite the children to look over an assortment of faux jewelry. Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old...he. He called for his pipe, And he called for his drum, And he called for his fiddlers three. 2. Distribute yellow sentence strips and markers. 3. Ask...

...record. Tune, Bess Lomax; text, Cul. Henry Brcckenridge. New York City, 1938. Modetutely fast n Inj|J Old King Cole was a mer-ry old soul, And a mer-ry old soul was he. He called for his pipe, he called for his bowl, He called for his pri-vates three. J | J | JJ ] | J J"Beer, heer, heer," said...

...Thursday, Worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday, That was the end O/ Solomon Grundy. Old King Cole, Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called /or his pipe, And he called /or his bowl, And he called /or his fiddlers three. There was a crooked...

...success. But what can you do when orange kangaroos jump up and down on your bed eating carrots and singing "Old King Cole Was a Merry Old Soul and a Merry Old Soul was He" at the top of their kangaroo voices? You can't simply tell them to stop and go home now, can you?"...

...out that inversion used to occur in English, and see if your students can come up with any examples ('Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he'; 'What say you, Little John?', etc.). * When students have understood the general concept, you could...

...Nellie Bligh Caught a fly, Tied it to a string; String broke Cut its throat, Poor little thing. О Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old...for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been? I've been to London to look at the queen. Pussy cat, pussy...

...howl like a man in agony. She hugged the diary to her chest, and the words popped out of nothingness: "Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old...for his bowl, and he called for his fiddlers three." She wiped away an errant tear coursing down her cheek. When she returned to her bed and breakfast just...