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"Hickory,
dickory, dock!
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck one,
And down he run,
Hickory, dickory, dock!
Hickory
Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck two
The mouse said "boo"
Hickory Dickory Dock |
Hickory
Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck three
The mouse said "wee"
Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory
Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck four
The mouse said "no more"
Hickory Dickory Dock" |
Another
version
"Hickory
Dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck one
And down he did come,
Oh, Hickory Dickory dock.
Hickory
Dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck two
And down he flew,
Oh, Hickory Dickory dock.
Hickory
Dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck three
And he did flee,
Oh, Hickory Dickory dock.
Hickory
Dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck four
And he hit the floor,
Oh, Hickory Dickory dock. |
Hickory
Dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck five
And the mouse took a dive,
Oh, Hickory Dickory dock.
Hickory
Dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck six
And that mouse, he split,
Oh, Hickory Dickory dock.
Hickory
Dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck seven,
8, 9, 10, 11,
Oh, Hickory Dickory dock.
Hickory
Dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock;
As twelve bells rang
The mousie sprang,
Oh, Hickory Dickory dock.
Hickory
Dickory dock,
"Why scamper?" asked the clock.
"You scare me so
I have to go!"
Oh, Hickory Dickory dock." |
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"Hickory,
dickory dock" is a nonsense poem using alliteration and
allowing children to mimic the sound of a clock chiming at the
relevant point in the song. Hickory, dickory dock is intended
to introduce children to the fundamentals of telling the time.
The origins and history are unknown but the first publication
date for this nursery rhyme is 1744. |
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