Nursery Rhymes

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

Little Jack Horner
Little Jack Horner
Sat in a corner
Eating a Christmas Pie
He put in his thumb
And pulled out a plum
And said
"Oh, what a good boy am I!"

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

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!

One, Two, Tie My Shoe
1, 2 Tie my shoe
3, 4 Shut the door
5, 6 Pick up sticks
7, 8 Lay them straight
9, 10 A big fat hen.
Let's get up and count again.

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

Charley Barley
Charley Barley, butter and eggs,
Sold his wife for three duck eggs.
When the ducks began to lay
Charley Barley flew away.

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

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.

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

Hot cross buns
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns!
If you have no daughters,
Give them to your sons,
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns!

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,
Wagging their tails
Behind them.

Mary had a little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Little lamb, little lamb,
Mary had a little lamb
Its fleece was white as snow.
It followed her to school one day
School one day, school one day
It followed her to school one day
Which was against the rules.
It made the children laugh and play,
Laugh and play, laugh and play,
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school.

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

One, Two, Buckle my shoe
One, Two,
Buckle my shoe;
Three, Four,
Shut the door;
Five, Six,
Pick up sticks
Seven, Eight,
Lay them straight;
Nine, Ten,
A big fat hen.

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?
This little finger on the right.

Orange and lemons
“Oranges and lemons,”
Say the bells of St. Clement’s.
“You owe me five fathings,”
Say the bells of St. Martin’s.
“When will you pay me?”
Say the bells of Old Bailey.
“When I grow rich,”
Say the bells of Shoreditch.
“Pray, when will that be?”
Say the bells of Stepney.
“I’m sure I don’t know,”
Says the great bell at Bow.
Here come the candle
To light you to bed.
Here comes a chopper
To chop off your head.

Pussycat, Pussycat
Pussycat, Pussycat,
Where have you been?
I’ve been to London,
To see the Queen
Pussy-cat, pussy-cat,
What did you there?
I frightened a little mouse
Under the chair.

Ring-a-ring o’roses
Ring-a-ring o’roses,
A pocket full of posies,
Hush-ha! Bush-ha!
We all fall down.

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

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.
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;
Now 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 parlour,
Eating bread and honey.
The maid was in the garden,
Hanging out the clothes,
When down came the blackbird,
And pecked off her nose.

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

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;
Then scolded them soundly,
And sent them to bed.

This little piggy went to the market
This little piggy went to the market,
This little piggy stayed at home,
This little piggy had roast beef,
This little piggy had none,
And this little piggy
Cried “wee-wee-wee”
All the way home.

Two little dickybirds,
Sitting on a wall;
One named Peter,
The other named Paul.
Fly away, Peter!
Fly away, Paul!
Come back, Peter!
Come back, Paul!

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.

Wee Willie Winkie
Wee Willie Winkie
Runs through town,
Upstairs and downstairs
In his nightgown,
Knocking on the window,
Crying through the lock
"Are the children all in bed?
It’s past eight o’clock