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Nursery Rhymes

All of the lyrics to the most traditional nursery rhymes with their origins, history and meanings.

I had a little dog, they called him buffPussy sits beside the Fire
Leg over legOne misty moisty morning
Where are you going to, my pretty Maid?As i was going up primrose hill
The north wind doth blowSwan swam over the sea
There was a little man, and he had a little gunWe'll go a-shooting
Baa, Baa, Black SheepPat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
Goosey, goosey, gander, whither shall i wanderThe rose is red, the violet's blue
There was an old man of TobagoRide a cock-horse
When i was a bachelor, i lived by myselfPoor dog bright
Old mother HubbardHot Cross Buns
Bessy Bell and Mary GrayLittle Tom Tittlemouse
My little old man and I fell outThere was an old woman called Nothing-at-all
Jack Sprat's pigThere was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
Oh! mother, I shall be married to Mr. PunchinelloAs I was going to St. Ives
The walrus and the carpenterThere Was a Crooked Man
Little Tommy TuckerA diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar
The diverting history of John GilpinThere was an old woman toss'd up in a basket
Old King ColeJack and Jill went up the hill
Hickety, pickety, my black henThe barber shaved the mason
Tom, Tom, the Piper's SonThe old woman must stand at the tub, tub, tub
Let us go to the wood, says this pigDance a baby diddit
Dickery, dickery, dareA frog he would a-wooing go
Taffy was a WelshmanLittle Miss Muffet
Rain Rain Go AwayPoor old Robinson Crusoe

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