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Nursery Rhymes

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

A little boy went into a barnLittle Tommy Tittlemouse
There was an old woman, as I've heard tellHush-a-bye, baby
He that would thriveLet us go to the wood, says this pig
Hot Cross BunsBah, bah, black sheep
Dickery, dickery, dockLeg over leg
As i was going up primrose hillPussy sits beside the Fire
What's the news of the dayThe fox and the farmer
To market, to market, a gallop, a trotA frog he would a-wooing go
For every evil under the sunRain Rain Go Away
There was an owl lived in an oakA, B, C, tumble down D
Little Tom TittlemousePat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
Multiplication is vexationAs I was going to St. Ives
Old woman, old woman, shall we go a shearingSing a song of sixpence
A farmer went trotting upon his grey mareIs John Smith within
The old woman and her pigHere am I, little jumping Joan
Little girl, little girl, where have you beenThis Is the House That Jack Built
Humpty dumpty sate on a wallPlease to remember
Three children sliding on the iceLittle Nancy Etticoat
The rose is red, the violet's blueThe death and burial of poor cock robin
Dance a baby didditHot-cross Buns
I had a little hobby horseHickety, pickety, my black hen
Rain, Rain, go to SpainWe'll go a-shooting
There was an old woman called Nothing-at-allFour and twenty tailors went to kill a snail
Old mother HubbardWhen little fred went to bed

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