nursery rhyme

[shooham]

what is the rest of 'liar liar pants on fire'.

[Quizmonster]

I'm not sure that 'Liar, Liar, pants on fire' is a nursery rhyme: it's more of a playground taunt and complete in itself. I wonder whether you are thinking of the Hillaire Belloc poem 'Matilda', in which a little girl of that name often cries 'Fire!' when there is no such fire. Eventually, of course, one day a fire does occur and she gets burned to death, since nobody believed her when she called for help. You'll find the poem if you click http://www.btinternet.com/~p.wilkinson2000/Matilda
Belloc.htm

[Andromeda]

There seems to be two out there in the ether: "Liar, Liar, pants on fire! Wash em' out in bubble gum and put them in the dryer!" or "Liar, Liar. Pants on fire-Hanging on a telephone wire" I think the second of the two is more likely, but neither of them seem very old. American origin is almost definite.

Andy

[colm od]

liar liar pants on fire; nose is as long as a telephone wire was the common usage where i grew up. makes sense to me with your nose growing pinnochio like to great lengths the more lies you tell!!!

[KEJ2000]

"Sitting on a burning wire" is how I learned it!