A classic nursery rhyme like you ve never heard it before.
1 2 buckle my shoe 3 4 lock the door.
This had coloured full page illustrations.
Nine ten a.
Composites for lines 1 2 and 3 4 and then one for each.
Seven eight lay them straight.
Three four knock at the door.
Originally the song might describe a regular day of lace makers who were traditional workers back in the 17th and 18th centuries.
It was followed in 1910 by the buckle my shoe picture book containing other rhymes too.
3 4 shut the door the workers are now in their workshop.
One two buckle my shoe.
The first was a single volume picture book john lane 1869 with end papers showing a composite of the 1 10 sequence and of the 11 20 sequence.
1 2 buckle my shoe would mean that the workers are getting ready to work.
Watch it with your kids and.