...said, "What a good boy am I!" He stuck in his thumb And pulled out a plum Eating his Christmas pie; Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called jor this pipe, And he called jor his drum, And he called jor his jiddlers three. Circle tkc...

...remember. So he wrote ya's a letter. (She cheerfully fumbles back into the bag.) "Oh, St. Aloycious was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he... " KIT. The old man died? RUBY. We buried him outside'a Bean Blossom. With the rest'a his kinfolk. KIT....

...to facilitate fine motor skills, as child uses fingers and hands to imitate playing instruments. Old King Cole was a merry old soul and a merry old soul was he. He called for his pipe, he called for his drum and he called for his fiddlers three. (Pantomime playing...

...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 soul was he; He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl, And he called for his generals three. "The Army's shot...

...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...

...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...

...the pri - vates, jjuu J For no one there could com - pare with the field ar - til - ler - ee. r Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he. He called for his pipe, he called for his bowl, He called for his privates three. "Beer, beer, beer,"...

...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 soul was he. He called for his pipe, And he called for his drum, And he called for his fiddlers three. 2. Distribute...

...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...

...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?"...