
Historical Nursery Rhymes
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…

Literal and Scholastic Nursery Rhymes
Great A, Little A
GREAT A, little a,
Bouncing B!
The cat’s in the cupboard,
And can’t see me.
If Ifs And Ands
IF ifs and ands,
Were pots and pans,
There would be no need for tinkers!
Tell Tale,…

Tale Nursery Rhymes
The Man In The Moon
THE man in the moon,
Came tumbling down,
And ask’d his way to Norwich,
He went by the south,
And burnt his mouth
With supping cold pease-porridge.
My Dear, Do You Know
MY dear, do…

Proverb Nursery Rhymes
To Make Your Candles Last For A’
TO make your candles last for a’,
You wives and maids give ear-o!
To put ’em out’s the only way,
Says honest John Boldero.
St. Swithin’S Day, If Thou Dost Rain
ST. SWITHIN’s…

Song Nursery Rhymes
One Misty Moisty Morning
ONE misty moisty morning,
When cloudy was the weather,
There I met an old man
Clothed all in leather;
Clothed all in leather,
With cap under his chin,—
How do you do, and how do you…

Riddles and Paradoxes
I Went To The Wood And Got It
I WENT to the wood and got it;
I sat me down and looked at it;
The more I looked at it the less I liked it;
And I brought it home…

Charms and Lullabies
Cushy Cow Bonny, Let Down Thy Milk
CUSHY cow bonny, let down thy milk,
And I will give thee a gown of silk;
A gown of silk and a silver tee,
If thou wilt let down thy milk to me.…

Gaffers and Gammers
There Was An Old Woman
THERE was an old woman
Lived under a hill,
And if she’s not gone
She lives there still.
There Was An Old Woman, As I’Ve Heard
THERE was an old woman, as I’ve heard tell,…

Game Nursery Rhymes
There Were Three Jovial Welshmen
THERE were three jovial Welshmen,
As I have heard them say,
And they would go a-hunting
Upon St. David’s day.
All the day they hunted,
And nothing could they find
But a ship a-sailing,
A-sailing…

Jingle Nursery Rhymes
Deedle, Deedle, Dumpling, My Son John
DEEDLE, deedle, dumpling, my son John
Went to bed with his trousers on;
One shoe off, the other shoe on,
Deedle, deedle, dumpling, my son John.
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
COCK-a-doodle-doo!
My dame has lost her shoe;…

Love and Matrimony Rhymes
Jack And Jill Went Up The Hill
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.
Rosemary Green
ROSEMARY green,
And lavender blue,
Thyme…

Natural History Rhymes
I Had A Little Dog, And They Called
I HAD a little dog, and they called him Buff;
I sent him to the shop for a hap’orth of snuff;
But he lost the bag, and spill’d the snuff:
“So take…

Accumulative Nursery Stories
This Is The House That Jack Built
THIS is the house that Jack built.
2. This is the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.
3. This is the rat,
That ate the malt,
That lay in the…

Relic Nursery Rhymes
Willy Boy, Willy Boy, Where Are You Going
WILLY boy, Willy boy, where are you going?
I’ll go with you, if I may.
“I’m going to the meadow to see them a mowing;
I’m going to help them, make hay.”…