This whey talk is good and all, but where will I ever find a tuffet?
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey.
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Surprisingly, the wiki doesnât even align with how I learned the rhyme as a little kid.
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a big spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Thatâs the right version. And anyone who disagrees can get fucked.
MrsWookie, despite being from a former confederate state, agrees with me completely on the proper Miss Muffet rhyme. Not sure why the wiki is whacky.
Too many syllables - âDown came a spiderâ is correct - the spider drops down on a thread - it doesnât âcome alongâ
So many (wrong) versions on the internet - youâd think the âwebâ would have a vested interest in keeping the story straight. Even worse is that so many images have her clearly sitting on a stool or chair - wat?
For reference tuffet rhymes with buffet.
I used the blur, because I couldnât find a strike through tag that worked here. My intent was to annotate the changes relative to the wiki. But the authoritative line is
Along came a spider
Despite the wikiâs
There came a big spider
And
Down came a spider
Is just dead wrong.
I was actually doing some meter analysis of the rhyme, and itâs meter is inconsistent. The first three lines are a dactyl (stressed, unstressed, unstressed) and a trochee (stressed, unstressed), although with an extra stressed syllable at the end of the third line that serves as a delineation between the two halves. The meter changes in the second half. The two final lines, which are not in dispute, appear to be two amphibrachs (unstressed, stressed, unstressed), once again with an extra stressed syllable on the last line to terminate the poem. âAlong came a spiderâ is likewise two amphibrachs, as is âThere came a big spider.â âDown came a spiderâ does not fit this pattern, as itâs instead the same as the first two lines.
I do believe youâre right and Iâm wrong - missed that the word âdownâ is on the next line so it wouldnât be repeated.
I think I may have mixed this spider up with the spider who was washed out of a water spout when the rain came down.
Researching this has led to incy wincy vs itsy bitsy ⌠if definitely incy wincy 
As a father of toddlers, we have lots of books with the itsy bitsy spider, and not a single edition of incy wincy.
What kind of spider went up the water spout?
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I know the original was itsy bitsy, but I voted for incy winsy because Iâm progressive and believe we can do better
If you like we can organise a book exchange. (I believe I can source 3 incy wincy versions easily.)
How many bridges in London are falling down?
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Thereâs clearly a lot of nonsense on the internet - who knew? - as I was looking for Ring-a-ring oâ roses and the first hits (and there were a few) comes back with
Ring Around the Rosie
Ring-a-ring-a-rosies
A pocket full of posies
A tissue, a tissue
We all fall down
Rosie ⌠a tissue ⌠whatâs going on?
My wife says there is no correct version of any nursery rhyme because they are oral traditions passed around by children so some variation is natural and part of the fun. Exception: ruining flow with wrong number of syllables.
Source: librarian 
we didnât use "tigerâ when I was very small kid a long time ago ⌠and Iâll leave that one there.
Yep definitely started out not tiger.
What in tarnation? A tissue?
Ring around the rosie
Pocket ful of posies
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