Saturday Sunday — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

On Saturday night
Shall be all my care
To powder my locks
And curl my hair.
On Sunday morning
My love will come in.
When he will marry me
With a gold ring.

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Nursery rhymes are some of the best teachers of rhythm and rhyme. "Saturday Sunday" uses 8 lines to create a memorable verse — proof that effective poetry doesn't need to be long. Pay attention to the meter: the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is what makes the rhyme stick in your head.

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What are the words to Saturday Sunday?
The lyrics to Saturday Sunday are: On Saturday night / Shall be all my care / To powder my locks / And curl my hair. / On Sunday morning / My love will come in. ... Read the full 8-line nursery rhyme at Rhyme Buster.
How many lines does Saturday Sunday have?
"Saturday Sunday" has 8 lines of verse.

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