playmates

"Playmate Come out and Play with me!

And Bring your dollies three

Climb up my Apple Tree:
Look down my rain barrel

Slide down My cellar door

And we'll be Jolly Friends for ever more!"

the Reply:

"I'm sorry Playmate,
I can't come play with you
My dollies got the flu
boohoo hoo hoo hoo hoo,
Can't look down no rain barrel,
can't slide down no cellar door
But we Can be Jolly Friends forevermore!"

When I was small, being the youngest of a big family, I was alone at
home with mom for 3 years. During that time I got bored and lonely without
anyone to play with and mom taught me a lot of nursery rhymes and songs.
One of my favorites was this little ditty, along with "Polly put the Kittle on"
This is a "playmate " quilt of children with their playmates. here is the template