To Make Your Candles Last Lyrics
Want your candles to last forever? Honest John Boldero has the answer, and it is so obvious it makes people laugh: just blow them out.
To Make Your Candles Last
To make your candles last for a',
You wives and maids give ear-o!
To put 'em out's the only way,
Says honest John Boldero.
Printed from https://nurseryrhymes.co/to-make-your-candles-last/
- Type
- Mother Goose
- Tune
- Spoken rhyme
- Best for ages
- 5 to 10 years
What Does To Make Your Candles Last Mean?
For a' means for all time, and give ear means listen. John Boldero calls on everyone in the house to hear his secret for making candles last: put them out. It is a joke, because a candle that is never lit never gives any light either.
History and Origin
James Orchard Halliwell printed the rhyme in The Nursery Rhymes of England. Before electric light, candles were a real household cost, and saving them mattered. Nobody knows who John Boldero was, but he sounds like a man who liked to give advice.
Learning Activities
- Candle safety: talk about never touching a lit candle and always asking an adult.
- Obvious advice: make up more silly tips, like "To keep your shoes clean, never wear them."
- Old light: compare candles, oil lamps and light bulbs.