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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush.
Here we go round the mulberry bush
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we wash our clothes,
We wash our clothes, we wash our clothes.
This is the way we wash our clothes,
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we iron our clothes,
We iron our clothes, we iron our clothes.
This is the way we iron our clothes,
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we scrub the floor,
We scrub the floor, we scrub the floor.
This is the way we scrub the floor,
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we mend our clothes,
We mend our clothes, we mend our clothes.
This is the way we mend our clothes,
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we sweep the house,
We sweep the house, we sweep the house.
This is the way we sweep the house,
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we bake our bread,
We bake our bread, we bake our bread.
This is the way we bake our bread,
On a cold and frosty morning.
This is the way we go to church,
We go to church, we go to church.
This is the way we go to church,
On a cold and frosty morning. |
Origin
“Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush” dates at least as far back as the mid-19th century, when it was recorded by English Shakespearean scholar and nursery rhyme collector, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillips. Its author is unknown. Variations on the rhyme commonly change the last line of each verse. Now popular as a children’s game, the song is thought to have originated at the infamous Wakefield Prison in West Yorkshire, England, where female inmates once exercised around a mulberry bush in the prison yard. That theory, however, remains unproven. |
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