Nursery Rhymes

1, 2, buckle my shoe.

3, 4, shut the door.
5, 6, pick up sticks.
7, 8, lay them straight.
9, 10, a big fat hen.

A Diller, A Dollar

A diller, a dollar, a ten o’clock scholar,
What makes you come so soon?
You used to come at ten o’clock,
But now you come at noon.

Baa, Baa Black Sheep

Baa, baa black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full.
One for my master, one for the dame,
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.
Baa, baa black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full.

Banbury Cross

Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,
To see a fine lady on a white horse.
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
She shall have music wherever she goes.

Bow Wow Wow

Bow wow wow, whose dog art thou?
Little Tommy Tinker’s dog, bow wow wow.

Bye, Baby Bunting

Bye, baby bunting,
Daddy’s gone a-hunting,
To get a little rabbit skin,
To wrap my baby bunting in.

Chook, Chook

Chook, chook, chook, chook, chook,
Good morning, Mrs. Hen.
How many chicks have you got?
Madam, I've got ten.
Four of them are yellow,
And four of them are brown.
And two of them are speckled red,
The nicest in the town.

Cobbler, Cobbler

Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe.
Get it done by half-past two;
Stitch it up and stitch it down,
And then I'll give you half a crown.

Cock a-doodle doo!

Cock a-doodle doo!
My dame has lost her shoe.
My master’s lost his fiddling stick
And knows not what to do.
Cock a-doodle doo!
What is my dame to do?
Till master finds his fiddling stick
She’ll dance without her shoe.

Cock a-doodle doo!
My dame has found her shoe.
And master’s found his fiddling stick
Sing doodle doodle doo.

Cock a-doodle doo!
My dame will dance with you.
While master fiddles his fiddling stick
For dame and doodle doo.

Crooked Man

There was a crooked man,
Who walked a crooked mile,
And found a crooked sixpence,
Upon a crooked stile,
He bought a crooked cat
Which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together,
In a little crooked house.

Diddle, Diddle Dumpling

Diddle, diddle dumpling, my son John.
Went to bed with his trousers one.
One shoe off, and one shoe on.
Diddle, diddle dumpling, my son John.

Doctor Foster

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester
In a shower of rain;
He stepped in a puddle,
Right up to his middle,
And never went there again.

Eency, Weency Spider

Eency, weency spider,
Crawled up the water spout.
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out.
Out came the sunshine
And dried up all the rain,
So the eency, weency spider
Crawled up the spout again.

The eency weency spider
Climbed up the kitchen wall.
Swoosh! Swoosh! went the fan
And made the spider fall.
Off went the fan
No longer did it blow
So the eency weency spider
Back up the wall did go.

Eency, weency spider
Climbed up the yellow pail.
In came a mouse
And flicked her with his tail.
Down fell the spider.
The mouse ran out the door.
Then the eency weency spider
Climbed up the pail once more.

Eency weency spider
Climbed up the rocking chair.
Up jumped a cat
And knocked her in the air.
Down plopped the cat
And when he was asleep,
The eency, weency spider
Back up the chair did creep.

The eency, weency spider,
Climbed up the maple tree.
She slipped on some dew,
And landed next to me.
Out came the sun
And when the tree was dry,
The eency, weency spider
Gave it one more try.

The eency, weency spider
Climbed up without a stop.
She spun a silky web
Right at the very top.
She wove and she spun
And when her web was done,
The eency weency spider
Rested in the sun.

Elsie Marley

Elsie Marley, grown so fine
Won't get up to feed the swine
But stays in bed till half past nine,
Lazy Elsie Marley!

Fishes Swim

Fishes swim in water clear,
Birds fly up into the air,
Serpents creep along the ground,
Boys and girls run round and round.

Georgie Porgie

Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie.
Kissed the girls and made them cry.
When the boys came out to play,
Georgie Porgie ran away.

Gingerbread

Mix and stir and pat it in the pan,
I'm going to make a gingerbread man
With a nose so neat
And a smile so sweet
And gingerbread shoes
On his gingerbread feet.

Goosey, Goosey Gander

Goosey, goosey, gander,
Wither shall I wander,
Upstairs and downstairs
And in my lady’s chamber.
There I met an old man
Who would not say his prayers.
I took him by the left leg
And threw him down the stairs.

Hark, Hark

Hark, hark,
The dogs do bark,
The beggars are coming to town;
Some in rags
And some in tags,
And one in a velvet gown.

Here is the Beehive

Here is the beehive.
Where are all the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch and you'll see them
Come out of the hive.
One, two, three, four, five.
Bzzzzzzzz… Bzzzzzzzz… all fly away!

Here is the Church

Here is the church,
Here is the steeple,
Open the doors,
And see all the people.

Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Higgelty, Piggelty, Pop!

Higgelty, piggelty, pop!
The dog has eaten the mop.
The pig's in a hurry,
The cat's in a flurry,
Higgelty, piggelty, pop!

Hickety, Pickety

Hickety, pickety, my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen.
Sometimes 9, and sometimes 10.
Hickety, pickety, my black hen.

Hickory Dickory

Hickory dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory dickory dock.

Hot Cross Buns

Hot cross buns, hot cross buns,
One a-penny, two a-penny,
Hot cross buns.

Humpty, Dumpty

Humpty, Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty, Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King’s horses, and all the King’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

If You Ever

If you ever ever ever ever ever
If you ever ever ever meet a whale
You must never never never never never
You must never never never touch its tail;
For if you ever ever ever ever ever
If you ever ever ever touch its tail,
You will never never never never never
You will never never meet another whale.

I Had a Little Nut Tree

I had a little nut tree
Nothing would it bear
But a silver nutmeg
And a golden pear;
The King of Spain's daughter,
She came to see me
And all because of my little nut tree.
I skipped over water,
I danced over sea
And all the birds in the air
Couldn't catch me.

I See The Moon

I see the moon,
And the moon sees me;
God bless the moon,
And God bless me.

It’s Raining, It’s Raining

It’s raining, it’s pouring,
The old man is snoring;
He went to bed,
And bumped his head
And couldn’t get up in the morning.

Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill went up the hill.
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down, and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

Jack Be Nimble

Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over
The candlestick.

Jack Sprat

Jack Sprat could eat no fat,
His wife could eat no lean,
And so between them both, you see,
They licked the platter clean.

Jumping Joan

Here I am, little Jumping Joan;
When nobody’s with me, I’m all alone.

Ladybird, Ladybird

Ladybird, ladybird,
Fly away home.
Your house is on fire
And your children are all alone.

Lavender’s Blue

Lavender’s blue
Dilly, dilly,
Lavender’s green.
When I am king,
Dilly, dilly,
You shall be queen.

Little Jack Horner

Little Jack Horner
Sat in a corner,
Eating his Christmas pie.
He stuck in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said, What a good boy am I!

Little Bo-Peep

Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep
And doesn’t know where to find them.
Leave them alone and they’ll come home,
Dragging their tails behind them.

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue,
Come blow your horn,
The sheep’s in the meadow,
The cow’s in the corn.
Where is the little boy
Who looks after the sheep?
He’s under the haystack fast asleep.
Will you wake him? No, not I,
For if I do, he’s sure to cry.

Little Tommy Tucker

Little Tommy Tucker, sings for his supper;
What shall we give him? White bread and butter.
How shall he cut it without any knife?
How will he marry without any wife?

Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider and sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Looby Loo

Now we dance looby loo,
Now we dance looby light,
Now we dance looby loo,
All on a Saturday night.

You put your right hand in,
You put you right hand out,
You give your hand a shake, shake, shake,
And turn yourself around.

Lucy Locket

Lucy Locket lost her pocket,
Kitty Fisher found it.
Not a penny was there in it,
Only ribbon round it.

Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.

Mother's Knives and Forks

Here are Mother's knives and forks.
Here is Grandma's table.
Here is Sister's looking glass,
And here is Baby's cradle.

Mulberry Bush

Here we go round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
So early in the morning.

Old King Cole

Old King Cole, was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.
Every fiddler he had a fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he,
Oh, there’s none so rare as can compare,
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

Old Mother Hubbard

Old Mother Hubbard, went to the cupboard,
To fetch her poor dog a bone.
But when she got there, the cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none.

On and On and On

Father and Mother and Uncle John
Went to market one by one,
Father fell off
Mother fell off
But Uncle John went on and on and on and on …
 
Once I Saw a Little Bird

Once I saw a little bird
Go hop, hop, hop.
So I cried, little bird,
Will you stop, stop, stop?
And I was going to the window
To say, how do you do?
When he shook his little tail
And away he flew.

One for the Money

One for the money,
Two for the show,
Three to get ready,
And four to go!

One, Two, Three, Four, Five

One, two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive,
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
The little finger on the right.

Pat-a-cake

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man,
Bake me a cake as fast as you can;
Roll it, and poke it, and mark it with B,
And throw it in the oven for Baby and me.

Pease Porridge

Pease porridge hot
Pease porridge cold.
Pease porridge in the pot nine days old.
Some like it hot,
Some like it cold.
Some like it in the pot nine days old.

Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater

Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
Had a wife and couldn’t keep her.
He put her in a pumpkin shell,
And there he kept her very well.

Polly Put the Kettle On

Polly put the kettle on,
Polly put the kettle on,
Polly put the kettle on,
We’ll all have tea.
Sukey take it off again,
Sukey take it off again,
Sukey take it off again,
They’ve all gone away.

Pop Goes the Weasel!

All around the carpenter's bench,
The monkey chased the weasel,
That's the way the money goes,
Pop goes the weasel!

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat

Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?
I’ve been to London to visit the Queen.
Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you do there?
I frightened a little mouse under her chair.

Rain on the Green Grass

Rain on the green grass, and rain on the tree,
Rain on the roof-top, but not on me.

Rain, Rain

Rain, rain, go away,
Come again another day,
Little Johnny wants to play.

Ring-Around-the-Rosie

Ring-around-the rosie,
Pocket full of posie,
A-hush-a, a-hush-a,
We all fall down!

Robins

A robin and a robin's son
Both went to town to buy a bun,
They couldn't decide on plum or plain
And so they went back home again.

Rock-a-bye, Baby

Rock-a-bye, baby, on the tree top,
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock;
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall.
And down will come baby, cradle, and all.

Round and Round the Garden

Round and round the garden,
Like a teddy bear,
One step, two step,
Tickle you under there.

Rub-a-dub-dub

Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub,
And who do you think they were?
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker.
Turn them out knaves all three.

Sally Go Round the Sun

Sally go round the sun,
Sally go round the moon,
Sally go round the chimney pots
On a Saturday afternoon.

See-Saw, Margery Daw

See-saw, Margery Daw,
Jacky shall have a new master
He shall have but a penny a day,
Because he can’t work any faster.

Simple Simon

Simple Simon met a pieman,
Going to the fair;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
Let me taste your ware.

Says the pieman to Simple Simon,
Show me first your penny;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
Indeed I have not any.

Simple Simon went a-fishing,
For to catch a whale;
All the water he had got
Was in his mother’s pail.

Sing a Song of Sixpence

Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye;
Four and twenty blackbirds,
Baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing;
Wasn’t that a dainty dish
To set before the king?
The King was in his counting house,
Counting out his money;
The Queen was in the parlor,
Eating bread and honey.
The maid was in the garden,
Hanging out the clothes,
When down came a blackbird
And pecked off her nose!

Slowly Goes the Snail

Slowly, slowly, very slowly
Goes the garden snail,
Slowly, slowly, very slowly,
Up the garden rail.

Quickly, quickly, very quickly
Runs the little mouse,
Quickly, quickly, very quickly,
To his little house.

Solomon Grundy

Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
This is the end
Of Solomon Grundy.

Star Light

Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight.
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.

The Duke of York

The grand old Duke of York
He had ten thousand men,
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
And he marched them down again.
When they were up, they were up,
When they were down, they were down.
When they were only halfway up,
They were neither up nor down.

The Lion and the Unicorn

The Lion and the Unicorn
Were fighting for the crown;
The Lion beat the Unicorn
All about the town.
Some gave them white bread,
And some gave them brown,
Some gave them plum cake,
And sent them out of town.

The Little Girl With a Curl

There was a little girl who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good, she was very, very good,
But when she was bad, she was horrid.

The Man in the Moon

The Man in the Moon looked out of the moon,
Looked out of the moon and said,
'Tis time for all children on earth
To think about getting to bed!

The Moon

The moon is round
As round can be,
Two eyes, a nose and a mouth
Like me!

The North Wind Doth Blow

The North Wind doth blow,
And we shall have snow,
And what will poor robin do then,
Poor thing?
He'll sit in a barn
And keep himself warm,
And hide his head under his wing,
Poor thing!

The Queen of Hearts

The Queen of Hearts,
She made some tarts,
All on a summer's day.
The Knave of Hearts,
He stole those tarts,
And took them clean away.
The King of Hearts,
Called for the tarts,
And beat the Knave full sore.
The Knave of Hearts
Brought back the tarts,
And vowed he'd steal no more.

There Was An Old Woman

There was an old woman tossed up in a basket,
Seventeen times as high as the moon;
Where she was going, I couldn't but ask it,
For in her hand she carried a broom.
Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I,
Where are you going to up so high?
To brush the cobwebs off the sky!
May I go with you? Yes, by-and-by.

There Was An Old Woman

There was an old woman
Who lived in a shoe,
She had so many children
She didn’t know what to do.
She gave them some broth
Without any bread.
She whipped them all soundly
And sent them to bed.

This Little Pig

This little pig went to market,
This little pig stayed home,
This little pig had roast beef,
This little pig had none.
This little pig cried wee-wee-wee-wee-wee,
All the way home.

This Old Man

This old man, he played one,
He played knick knack on my thumb,
With a knick knack Paddy Whack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

Three Blind Mice

Three blind mice, three blind mice
See how they run, see how they run!
They all ran after the farmer’s wife,
She cut off their tails with the carving knife,
Did you ever see such a sight in your life,
As three blind mice.

Three Little Kittens

Three little kittens they lost their mittens,
And they began to cry.
Oh, Mother, dear, we sadly fear,
Our mittens we have lost.
What! Lost your mittens? You naughty kittens!
Then you shall have no pie.
Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.

The three little kittens, they found their mittens,
And they began to cry.
Oh, Mother, dear, see here, see here,
Our mittens we have found.
What! Found your mittens, you darling kittens,
Then you shall have some pie.
Purr-r, purr-r, purr-r.

The three little kittens put on their mittens
And soon ate up the pie.
Oh, Mother, dear, we sadly fear,
Our mittens we have soiled.
What! Soiled your mittens? You naughty kittens!
Then they began to sigh.
Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.

The three little kittens, they washed their mittens
And hung them up to dry.
Oh, Mother, dear, see here, see here,
Our mittens we have washed.
What! Washed your mittens? You good little kittens.
But hush! I smell a rat close by.
Yes, we smell a rat close by.

Tom, Tom

Tom, Tom, the piper’s son,
Stole a pig and away he run;
The pig was eat,
And Tom was beat,
And Tom went howling down the street.

To Market, To Market
To market, to market to buy a fat pig,
Home again, home again, jiggety jig.
To market, to market, to buy a fat hog,
Home again, home again, jiggety jog.

Twinkle, Twinkle

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.

Two Fat Gentlemen

Two fat gentlemen
Met in a glen
Bowed most politely,
Bowed once again.
How do you do?
How do you do?
And how do you do again?

Two Little Dickey Birds

Two little dickey birds
Sat upon a wall,
One named Peter,
The other named Paul.
Fly away Peter,
Fly away Paul.
Come back Peter,
Come back Paul.

Wee Willie Winkie

Wee Willie Winkie
Runs through the town.
Upstairs and downstairs
In his nightgown.
Rapping at the window,
Crying through the lock,
Are the children all in bed?
For now it's eight o'clock!

What do you Suppose?

What do you suppose?
A bee sat on my nose.
Then what do you think?
He gave me a wink
And said, I beg your pardon,
I thought you were the garden.

Where Has My Dog Gone?

Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone?
Oh where, oh where can it be?
With his ears cut short and his tail cut long,
Oh where, oh where can he be?

Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle went to town,
Riding on a pony.
He stuck a feather in his hat,
And called it macaroni!