Liar Liar

What is the whole liar liar pants on fire rhyme?

I have heard people sing a couple lines to this…it was more than just “Liar, liar pants on fire hanging from a telephone wire.

Liar,
Liar!
Pants are on fire!
Reply:
I don’t care,
I don’t care!
I can buy another pair! This one’s from the first website http://www.inthe80s.com/rhymes.shtml

And the rhyme and a little bit of lore with it…

LIAR, LIAR – “Liar, liar, pants on fire, hang them up on telephone wire.

(Said to a lying child)” This is a “derisive rhyme” used by children. “Tradition teaches the child to use sayings in certain situations to make a point emphatically. Such sayings can provide a quick and easy response to the taunt of another child, or a powerful demonstration of the child’s stand. The sayings contain a collective wisdom that exerts a certain amount of pressure on children. In other cases, sayings offer a form of play with words; children use the traditional structure of such sayings to play with the rhythm, rhyme, and meaning of words to draw attention to themselves.”
From this website http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/92841 They have more than 14 answers to this questions there, but some of them are just conjecture…lol…

Hope this helps a bit.

Blessings to you!

Anne

Liar Liar – Christina Grimmie (Official Full Song)