One two buckle my shoe Three, four, knock at the door Five, six, pick up sticks Seven, eight, lay them straight Nine, ten, a big fat hen Eleven, twelve, dig and delve Thirteen, fourteen, maids a-courting Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen Seventeen, eighteen, maids in waiting Nineteen, twenty, my plate's empty
A Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme
One two buckle my shoe aka "1 2 buckle my shoe"
Origins of the lyrics to "One two buckle my shoe" rhyme We thought that these nursery rhyme lyrics have no traceable connection with any events in history. And believed that there is no historical or political association to one two buckle my shoe. Our conclusion was that the nursery rhyme had been devised as a pleasurable and fun way to teach children how to count using one two buckle my shoe and its different imagery to fire a child's imagination. Our grateful thanks therefore go to Adrian Lloyd for providing the following fascinating information about 'One, two buckle my shoe'. David wrote, "I have have always understood it to be partly about lacemaking and partly about other ‘working’ class roles from the 16th, 17th or 18th century.
One, two, buckle my shoe: refers to the lacemaker, or anyone else, getting ready in the morning for work.
Three, four, shut the door: the lacemaker (or other) closed the door to the shop (or their own front door behind them) to begin work for the day
Five, six, pick up sticks: the sticks are wooden pins used on a lacemaking ‘machine’
Seven, eight, lay them straight: the pins are placed on the machine to go straight across the fabric from side to side
Nine, ten, a big fat hen: which is a type of ‘pillow’ that supports and holds the lacework
From 11 and 12 refers to the gardeners and from 13 & 14 maids in waiting to a large house or estate and so on up to 19 and 20 being served dinner by the kitchen staff with plates empty!
One two buckle my shoe aka "1 2 buckle my shoe"
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