Grass seed and mushroom cropsies paint

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Rancid signals for the next act to come to center stage.  

“Let’s give a round of applause to our artists!” Rancid says. “Our mushroom and grass seed cropsies are going to paint a picture using two of our famous nursery rhymes. Go ahead cropsies!” 

First to start painting is the mushroom cropsie and you can follow along with the nursey rhyme Itsy bitsy spider. 

‘The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the waterspout.

Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain,

and the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again’ 

Well done! Now the grass seed cropsie is going to paint a picture of a black sheep. You can follow along with the nursery rhyme Baa, baa, black sheep. 

‘Baa, baa, black sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full.

One for the master,

One for the dame,

And one for the little boy

Who lives down the lane’ 

“Here is a bit of history about nursery rhymes,” Rancid says. “It’s amazing what you can find on Google!”  

‘A French poem, similar to "Thirty days hath September", numbering the days of the month, was recorded in the 13th century. From the later Middle Ages there are records of short children's rhyming songs, often as marginalia.  From the mid-16th century they begin to be recorded in English plays.

"Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man" is one of the oldest surviving English nursery rhymes. The earliest recorded version of the rhyme appears in Thomas d'Urfey's play The Campaigners from 1698. Most nursery rhymes were not written down until the 18th century, when the publishing of children's books began to move from polemic and education towards entertainment, but there is evidence for many rhymes existing before this, including "To market, to market" and "Cock a doodle doo", which date from at least the late 16th century. Nursery rhymes with 17th century origins include, "Jack Sprat" (1639), "The Grand Old Duke of York" (1642), "Lavender's Blue" (1672) and "Rain Rain Go Away" (1687). ‘  (more history here) 

“Thank you very much guys,” says Rancid. “Good luck”. 

The cropsies say thank you and walk off the stage. 

Let’s continue here – Grumpy cropsies tell bad jokes 

Start at the beginning – Today is the Farm Heroes Got Talent show! (Part 2) 

 Don’t forget to read the first part of this story - Farm Heroes Got Talent (Part 1)