Comments on: To Bed, To Bed http://www.bibalu.com/nurseryrhymes/to-bed-to-bed/ The largest Internet collection of lullabies and nursery rhymes. Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:46:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: bibalu http://www.bibalu.com/nurseryrhymes/to-bed-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-560 bibalu Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:33:18 +0000 http://www.bibalu.com/?p=273#comment-560 Nan is a female name - it's the familiar form of Ann. It can also be what you'd call a children's nurse-maid (from nanny). A variant: "Come, let's to bed," Says Sleepy-head; "Tarry a while," says Slow. Sleepyhead, Slow and Greedy "Put on the pot," Says the Greedy one, "Let's sup before we go." Another variant: "To bed, to bed," Says Sleepy-Head; "Let's stay awhile," Says Slow; "Put on the pot," Says Greedy-Sot, "We'll sup before we go." "Sot" means fool. Nan is a female name – it’s the familiar form of Ann. It can also be what you’d call a children’s nurse-maid (from nanny).

A variant:

“Come, let’s to bed,”
Says Sleepy-head;
“Tarry a while,” says Slow.
Sleepyhead, Slow and Greedy
“Put on the pot,”
Says the Greedy one,
“Let’s sup before we go.”

Another variant:

“To bed, to bed,”
Says Sleepy-Head;
“Let’s stay awhile,”
Says Slow;
“Put on the pot,”
Says Greedy-Sot,
“We’ll sup before we go.”

“Sot” means fool.

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