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Nursery Rhymes

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

Taffy was a WelshmanLeg over leg
There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a ShoeA frog he would a-wooing go
Little Bo PeepThere was an old woman called Nothing-at-all
Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy and BessA diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar
Little Miss MuffetNievie, nievie, nicknack
Some little Mice sat in a BarnBessy Bell and Mary Gray
See, saw, Margery DawThree wise men of Gotham
Poor dog brightWhen the wind is in the east
This Is the House That Jack BuiltLittle Tom Tittlemouse
Ding Dong BellThere was an owl lived in an oak
Jack Be NimbleBow, wow, wow
Here am I, little jumping JoanPat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
As i was going up primrose hillYoung Lambs to sell
Tommy kept a chandler's shopA Apple Pie
As I was going up Pippen-hillPussy sits beside the Fire
Little Betty BlueSnail, snail, come put out your horn
Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snailThe old woman and her pig
See, saw, Margery DawSwan swam over the sea
Sing a Song of SixpenceThere was an old woman, as I've heard tell
There was an old woman, and what do you thinkOld mother Hubbard
When i was a bachelor, i lived by myselfWhere are you going to, my pretty Maid?
To market, to market, to buy a fat pigOld Mother Hubbard
The robin redbreastsJack and Jill went up the hill
Pease-pudding hotIs John Smith within

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