Another version of Miss Suzie/Miss Lucy had a baby, she name it Tiny Tim, is what I was listening to in Pop go the wiggles video full of so many nursery songs.
In this version, they sing, Mary had a turtle, I (but in another version is “He”) called time Tiny Tim. He put him in … .
I wanted to put subtitle for this video so that my kid could learn the words as well. I transcribed most of the songs except some parts that I failed to get exactly what they are. So, I searched on the web typing with Mary had a turtle but I failed to find any songs with this beginning “Mary had a turtle”, and the first line was what I mentioned above.
I didn’t give up searching and I become resolute to find it! I told myself, when they have sung it, then its text should be out there. Then, I thought of something workable, I decided to search for the title of the video Pop go the Wiggles, and there … it served me a great help to find the text, and I realized why I couldn’t find the text !!!
Because it was not Mary, but Murray!
Oh, boy, say why, so many years a go, in a Forum which people used to practice and talk about English language, to a question of a member " what do you think of English language, a native had replied: " It’s a crazy Language" !!
I swear to God, that by now, I fully understand why the guy commented such thing, and now, if I relay his comment somewhere else, and somebody question me for explanation or reason, I have a perfect answer!.
Murray, a boy name, meaning “Lord” or “Master”; Why on earth they should modify the song to this name, and why a name like Murray so much close to “Mary”? I just wonder!
Another thing is that, I eager to know how many others would take it by mistake!
is the verb “are” which I colored blue, correct? Or it should be in past format “were” ?
I didn’t use “were”, because the “words” still are there (in the song) and can baffle someone else, and it is not something that happened in the past , and its nature and quality still exists.