My family is doing the trot-trot rhyme with my neice at our Thanksgiving party, the one that starts, "Trot-trot to Boston, trot-trot to Lynn…" Do people not from Massachusetts do this? If so, do you trot-trot to other towns? For the record, the full version of the rhyme that my family tells, the variation I grew up on, goes like so:
This is accompanied by much bouncing of the baby.
Where do you live? Do you tell this rhyme? Do you trot-trot to other places? The internet attests to a few variations, but a cursory search indicates that they're all pretty Massachusetts-heavy. I would love to know what your family does.
Trot-trot to Boston
Trot-trot to Lynn
Trot-trot over the bridge
But don't fall in!
This is accompanied by much bouncing of the baby.
Where do you live? Do you tell this rhyme? Do you trot-trot to other places? The internet attests to a few variations, but a cursory search indicates that they're all pretty Massachusetts-heavy. I would love to know what your family does.