Humpty Dumpty

This morning, the 1-2 kids worked on their own or with a buddy to memorize an alternate version of Humpty Dumpty. Some took on the challenge to try for the German or Scottish version! See the videos below to hear all three versions as well as the pictures of the practice work leading up to these recitations.

Humpty Dumpty - German Version

Wirgele-Wargele, auf der Bank,

Fallt s'runter, ist es krank,

Ist kein Doktor im ganzen Land

Der dem Wirgele-Wargele helgen kann.

English Translation (from Google Translate):

Wirgele-Wargele, on the bench,

If it falls down, it is sick,

There is no doctor in the whole country

Who can help Wirgele-Wargele.

Humpty Dumpty - Scottish Version

Humpty Dumpty ligs in t'beck*

Wid a white counterpane** aroon his neck;

Forty doctors and forty wrights

Will nivver put Humpty Dumpty to rights.

* ligs in t'beck = lies in the brook

**counterpane = scarf

Humpty Dumpty (alternate version)

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,

Four score men and four score more

Cannot put Humpty Dumpty where he was before.

(This version is closest in line with Humpty Dumpty's true identity - a cannon!)