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