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Nursery Rhymes

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

Little Jack HornerThis Is the House That Jack Built
The young linnetsNeedles and pins, needles and pins
Old Mother HubbardBarber, barber, shave a pig
Humpty dumpty sate on a wallOne misty moisty morning
Nievie, nievie, nicknackSee, saw, Margery Daw
Hark, hark, the dogs do barkBah, bah, black sheep
Hot-cross BunsSome little Mice sat in a Barn
As I was going up Pippen-hillThree wise men of Gotham
Where are you going to, my pretty Maid?Little Tommy Tittlemouse
Multiplication is vexationPat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
Little girl, little girl, where have you beenFreddie and the cherry-tree
The Turtle Dove's NestIs John Smith within
A Apple PieOld woman, old woman, shall we go a shearing
Handy Spandy, Jack-a-dandyHot Cross Buns
For every evil under the sunJack Be Nimble
A little boy went into a barnThe diverting history of John Gilpin
See Saw Margery DawI had a little pony
There was a fat man of BombayThere was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
Dickery, dickery, dareI had a little hen, the prettiest ever seen
There was an owl lived in an oakJack Sprat could eat no fat
The death and burial of poor cock robinA man went a hunting at Reigate
To make your candles last for aRain Rain Go Away
Tom, Tom, the Piper's SonDoctor Foster
Three children sliding on the iceThe fox and the farmer

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