All Info About Nursery Rhymes
There was a crooked man
There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile.
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile.
He had a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile.
He had a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
Origin
This rhyme apparently originates from the time of Charles 1 and the crooked man is commonly supposed to be General Sir Alexander Leslie of Scotland. The General is one of those who signed the Covenant which secured religious and political freedom for Scotland.
The 'crooked sixpence' being Charles 1 and the 'crooked stile' being the England/Scotland border.
'They all lived together in a little crooked house' refers to the fact that the English and Scots had come to an agreement.