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NURSERY RHYMES Little bo peep Mary had a little lamb Jack and jill The cat and the fiddle Twinkle, twinkle, little star The man in the moon Humpty-dumpty The mulberry bush Georgy porgy Peter, peter, pumpkin eater Three blind mice and many more... "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." Albert Einstein To our mother, who wanted us all to be intelligent.
I've got a new book I've got a new book From my Grandfather Hyde. It's skin on the cover and paper inside. It reads about heroes And horses and wars, And where the riches Of pirates are stored. I'd not take a goat and a dollar beside, For the book that I got From my Grandfather Hyde. The wind The wind came a-whooping Down Cranberry Hill And stole an umbrella From Mother Medill. It picked up a paper On Patterson's place And carried it clean To the Rockaby Race. And what was more shocking And awful than that, It blew the new feather Off Grandmother's hat. Goosey, Goosey Gander Goosey, Goosey Gander, Where shall I wander? Upstairs, downstairs, And in my lady's chamber. Diddle diddle dumpling Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his stockings on, One shoe off, and one shoe on; Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John. Hickety Pickety my black hen Hickety, pickety, my black hen, She lays eggs for gentlemen; Gentlemen come every day To see what my black hen doth lay. 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 in their beds, For now it's eight o'clock?"
Little bo peep Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them; Leave them alone, And they'll come home, Wagging their tails behind them. Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep, And dreamt she heard them bleating; But when she awoke, she found it a joke, For they were still a-fleeting. Then up she took her little crook, Hunted about for one last look, And lo and behold! She found them. Ring around the roses Ring around the roses, A pocket full of posies; Husha! Husha! And we all fall down. 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 boy, Who looks after the sheep? He's under the haystack, Fast asleep. Hark, hark! Hark, hark! the dogs do bark! Beggars are coming to town: Some in jags, and some in rags, And some in velvet gown.
The mulberry bush Here we go round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, Here we go round the mulberry bush, On a cold and frosty morning. This is the way we wash our hands, Wash our hands, wash our hands, This is the way we wash our hands, On a cold and frosty morning. This is the way we wash our clothes, Wash our clothes, wash our clothes, This is the way we wash our clothes, On a cold and frosty morning. This is the way we go to school, Go to school, go to school, This is the way we go to school, On a cold and frosty morning. This is the way we come out of school, Come out of school, come out of school, This is the way we come out of school, On a cold and frosty morning. The man in the moon The man in the moon Came tumbling down, And asked the way to Norwich. He went by the South, And he burnt his mouth, With eating cold pease porridge. If all the world If all the world was apple-pie, And all the sea was ink, And all the trees were bread and cheese, What should we have to drink? Bossy-cow Bossy-cow, bossy-cow, where do you lie? In the green meadow under the sky. Billy-horse, billy-horse, where do you lie? Out in the stable with nobody nigh. Birdies bright, birdies sweet, where do you lie? Up in the tree-tops, oh, ever so high! Baby dear, baby love, where do you lie? In my warm crib, with Mamma close by. 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 there? I frightened a little mouse under her chair. Margery daw See, saw, Margery Daw, Jacky shall have a new master; Jacky must have but a penny a day, Because he can't work any faster. Hot cross buns Hot cross buns, Hot cross buns, One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns. If your daughters don't like `em, Give them to your sons, One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns. Mary had a little lamb Mary had a little lamb with fleece as white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go. It followed her to school one day, that was against the rule. It made the children laugh and play, to see a lamb at school. And so the teacher turned it out, but still it lingered near, And waited patiently about till Mary did appear. "Why does the lamb love Mary so?" the eager children cry, "Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know!" the teacher did reply.
