My Lady Wind Lyrics
On a stormy night, the wind creeps around the house like a visitor looking for a way in. She tries the keyhole, the cracks in the floor and finally blows soot down the chimney.
My Lady Wind
My lady Wind, my lady Wind,
Went round about the house to find
A chink to get her foot in:
She tried the keyhole in the door,
She tried the crevice in the floor,
And drove the chimney soot in.
Printed from https://nurseryrhymes.co/my-lady-wind/
- Type
- Mother Goose
- Tune
- Spoken rhyme
- Best for ages
- 3 to 8 years
What Does My Lady Wind Mean?
The wind is described as a lady searching for a chink, a small gap, to slip into the house. She tries the keyhole and a crevice (a crack) in the floor, and blows the chimney soot inside. Anyone who has lived in an old, draughty house will recognize her.
History and Origin
The rhyme is from Walter Jerrold's Big Book of Nursery Rhymes (1903). Turning the weather into a person, here a determined lady, is one of the oldest tricks in poetry. It makes the wind easier for young children to picture and less frightening on a stormy night.
Learning Activities
- Draught hunt: on a windy day, hold a ribbon near doors and windows to find where the air comes in.
- Wind sounds: make whooshing and whistling noises while saying the rhyme.
- Draw Lady Wind: how would your child draw the wind as a person?