✦ The Rhyme ✦
To Market, To Market
Traditional English nursery rhyme. Public domain.
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, Home again, home again, jiggety-jig; To market, to market, to buy a fat hog, Home again, home again, jiggety-jog.
✦ A Nursery Rhyme ✦
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig; home again, home again, jiggety-jig! A bouncing rhyme for riding on a grown-up’s knee.
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✦ The Rhyme ✦
Traditional English nursery rhyme. Public domain.
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, Home again, home again, jiggety-jig; To market, to market, to buy a fat hog, Home again, home again, jiggety-jog.
✦ About the Rhyme ✦
“To Market, To Market” was printed in 1805. In old times, families walked or rode to the town market each week to buy and sell animals and food.
It is a classic knee-bouncing rhyme: the child rides on a grown-up’s knee, trotting to market and jiggling home again.
✦ Talk About It ✦