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Nursery Rhymes

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

Jack Sprat could eat no fatTwo legs sat upon three legs
There was an old woman, and what do you thinkUp Hill, spare me
What's the news of the dayLittle Tom Tucker
He that would thriveBoys and girls, come out to play
Please to rememberA little cock sparrow sat on a tree
We'll go a-shootingA diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar
The young linnetsTo make your candles last for a
Hushy baby, my doll, I pray you don't cryThis Is the House That Jack Built
As I went to BonnerBessy Bell and Mary Gray
Jack and Jill went up the hillFor every evil under the sun
Multiplication is vexationThe Turtle Dove's Nest
Baa, Baa, Black SheepLittle Betty Blue
Sing a Song of SixpenceSee, saw, Margery Daw
Three children sliding on the iceTom Thumb's Alphabet
Dickery, dickery, dareDame Duck's Lessons to her Ducklings
Jack Be NimbleA little boy went into a barn
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's manFour and twenty tailors went to kill a snail
Willy boy, Willy boy, where are you goingFreddie and the cherry-tree
Up hill and down daleTwinkle Twinkle Little Star
The old woman and her pigTo market, to market, to buy a fat pig
One misty moisty morningWhen the wind is in the east
Pussy sits beside the FireSee Saw Margery Daw
There was a jolly millerHandy Spandy, Jack-a-dandy
Poor dog brightAs I was going along, long, long

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