Robin-a-Thrush - The Nursery Rhyme Collections

The Nursery Rhymes Collections 1-4 contain a total of 277 children's songs. Each double CD album showcases the highest quality children's music ever recorded with a total playing time in excess of 10 hours!

Robin-a-Thrush (Audio Sample and Lyrics)

Oh Robin-a-thrush he married a wife,
With a hoppety, moppet, mow, now,
She proved to be the plague of his life;
With a hig-jig-jiggety, ruffety, petticoat,
Robin-a-thrush cries mow, now!

She never gets up ‘til twelve o’clock,
With a hoppety, moppet, mow, now,
Puts on her gown and above it her smock;
With a hig-jig-jiggety, ruffety, petticoat,
Robin-a-thrush cries mow, now!

She sweeps the house but once a year,
With a hoppety, moppet, mow, now,
The reason is that the brooms are dear;
With a hig-jig-jiggety, ruffety, petticoat,
Robin-a-thrush cries mow, now!

She milks the cows but once a week,
With a hoppety, moppet, mow, now,
And that’s what makes her butter sweet;
With a hig-jig-jiggety, ruffety, petticoat,
Robin-a-thrush cries mow, now!

The butter she made in an old man’s boot,
With a hoppety, moppet, mow, now,
For want of a churn she clapp’d in her foot;
With a hig-jig-jiggety, ruffety, petticoat,
Robin-a-thrush cries mow, now!

Her cheese when made was put on the shelf,
With a hoppety, moppet, mow, now,
It never was turned ‘til it turned by itself;
With a hig-jig-jiggety, ruffety, petticoat,
Robin-a-thrush cries mow, now!

It turned and turned ‘til it walked on the floor,
With a hoppety, moppet, mow, now,
It stood upon legs and walked out the door;
With a hig-jig-jiggety, ruffety, petticoat,
Robin-a-thrush cries mow, now!

It walked ‘til it came to Banbury Fair,
With a hoppety, moppet, mow, now,
The dame followed after upon a grey mare;
With a hig-jig-jiggety, ruffety, petticoat,
Robin-a-thrush cries mow, now!
This song it was made for Gentlemen,
With a hoppety, moppet, mow, now,
If you want anymore, you must sing it again;
With a hig-jig-jiggety, ruffety, petticoat,
Robin-a-thrush cries mow, now!