Here's the
family's
funny story about this
nursery rhyme. Gather ye round,
children...
When my
mother and
uncle were
kids, my
grandparents rewarded them when they learned nursery rhymes by giving them a
cherry. My mother was the
older child and was a
fast learner; she got to eat lots of cherries. My uncle was under
five and a
slower learner to boot, so he got fewer
cherries, though he wanted more.
One day, after my
mother had enjoyed a
run of great
success and gotten many cherries, my uncle, in
frustration,
blurted out:
"
Ding DellPutchy wellGimme
cherry, Mama!"
My
grandmother let him have a cherry, and we've made
fun of my
uncle for that ever since.