Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the con But where is the boy who looks after the sheep? He's under a haycock, fast asleep. Will you wake him? No, not...
Punch and Judy
Punch and Judy Fought for a pie; Punch gave Judy A knock in the eye. Says Punch to Judy, "Will you have any more?" Says Judy to Punch, "My eye is sore." If all the world were paper, And all...
Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
Cock-a-doodle-doo! My dame has lost her shoe, My master's lost his fiddlestick, And knows not what to do! Cock-a-doodle-doo! What is my dame to do? Till master finds his fiddlestick, She'll dance...
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. She went to the baker's To buy him some bread,...
Goosey, Goosey Gander
Goosey, goosey gander, Whither 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...
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...
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
> 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 spanked them all soundly and sent them to bed....
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. > There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile, He found...
My Little Golden Sister
a Chinese nursery rhyme adapted by Robert Wyndham My little golden sister Rides a golden horse so slow; She'll have to use a golden whip To make her slow horse go. A little golden fish In a...
A Lost Snowflake
a Japanese nursery rhyme adapted by Charlotte B. DeForest The snowflakes fell, the first this year. I caught one on my sleeve---right here! I thought that we would play all day. But then it...