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Knees up mother Brown:

There came a girl from France
Who didn't know how to dance
The only thing that she could do
Was knees up Mother Brown

Oh, knees up Mother Brown
Knees up Mother Brown
Knees up, knees up, never let the breeze up,...

Traditional Songs

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes:

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
And Eye and ears, and a mouth and a nose.
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Traditional Songs

The ant shall never crawl on its knees.

Proverbs and old sayings

A beggar's knees are supple.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A farmer on his knees is higher than a gentleman on his legs.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

As the camel falls to its knees, more knives are drawn.

Proverbs and old sayings

If his legs fail him, he fights on his knees.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Prepare yourself for when the water comes up to your knees.

Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about water

Bury me on my feet, I have spent my entire life on my knees.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, life

If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about sadness, pleasure, contentment

All the water in the sea doesn't even reach the knees of the man who fears not death.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about death, water, man

Get down on your knees and thank God you're still on your feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about contentment, god

Consult anyone, even your knees.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Crawling on hands and knees has never prevented anyone from walking upright.

Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan

Better to die on our feet than live on our knees.

Proverbs and old sayings about death

Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about death

For a drunkard the sea only reaches his knees.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about sadness

You are creeping on your knees to the fireplace.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about contentment

Better to die upright than to live on your knees.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about death