Hot Cross Buns Song is an incredibly popular nursery rhyme in English language, Easter song, and street cry. Hot cross buns, here refer to the buns generally spiced buns or fruit cakes decorated with a cross on top of it. These are usually served with a butter spread. During the olden times, around the 19th century, on the streets of London, these buns were sold at the cry of “hot cross buns!”, hence the term street cry. You may also like to read, Hickory Dickory Dock Poem.
This poem is usually associated with easter as these buns are eaten on Good Friday. The earliest record of the poem “Hot Cross Buns” is in Christmas Box, published in London in 1798. Although the reference for hot cross buns appears much earlier than 1798 in some other rhymes. Here you go!
Hot Cross Buns Song
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Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
Give them to your daughters.
Give them to your sons.
One a penny two a penny,
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
If you have no daughters,
Give them to your sons;
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot-cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
Give them to your daughters.
Give them to your sons.
One a penny two a penny,
Hot cross buns!
Summary:
This poem is about a baker who is singing in an excited voice about the warm buns with crosses on them. He asks the people passing by, to buy the buns that are still hot and warm. The baker even asks them to take the buns to their homes and give them to their sons and daughters.
The baker continues to sing, as hot cross buns are prepared during Good Friday, the baker wants everyone to enjoy and be merry. And what better way to enjoy Good Friday, than having Hot Cross Buns with your family!
A little something for the parents:
Poems should be an integral part of your child’s growing process as they make their lives more colorful and vibrant by adding a variety of rich experience. So, every child should be encouraged to read more and more poems.
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