A frog he would a wooing go
Heigh Ho! says Rowley
A frog he would a wooing go
Whether his mother would let him or no
With a rowley, powley, gammon and spinach
Heigh Ho! says Anthony Rowley
Rowley Powley was a favorite cheap pudding of suet pastry covered with jam known by us a a Jam Roly Poly that filled us up.
My mind it wanders
Back to my distant childhood
Constantly hungry
Had words enough though
Childhood rhymes to fill us up
Despite rationing
Sunday meal the best
Dad carving the small roast joint
And Suet pudding
Georgie Porgie pudding and pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry
When the boys came out to play
Georgie Porgie ran away
Note Georgie Porgie was George Villiers who was lover of Anne of Austria, Queen of France wife to Louis X111. He also had a close relationship with James 1 of England that upset the British nobility and Parliament with his political scheming.
Picture found at www.bbc.co.uk/foodrecipes
Quote 1 found at www.mamalisa.com
Quote 2 found at www.rhymes.org.uk
That's my kinda' history lesson. And I still make jam roley poley and I drown it in custard! Yum!
ReplyDeleteHector's new motor car!
History and food and memory fondly rolled up...i remember jam sponge..then everything went supersonic with Angel Delight, Arctic rolls and Smash...no wonder 70's children have rotten teeth
ReplyDeleteInteresting history behind these nursery rhymes.I think you would be roly poly with that kind of food.Tsk ,you would think England would have a palatable cuisine with France only being 20 miles away across the channel.
ReplyDeleteNot after Henry VIII's reign when his insatiable need for wives necessitated special rules free of Papal interference.
Delete