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Nursery Rhymes

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

Dickery, dickery, dockNeedles and pins, needles and pins
There was an old woman, as I've heard tellHot Cross Buns
Three children sliding on the iceMy lady Wind, my lady Wind
Georgie PorgieThe robin redbreasts
Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snailTommy kept a chandler's shop
A carrion crow sat on an oakJack and Jill went up the hill
Hush-a-bye, babyTwo legs sat upon three legs
High diddle doubt, my candle's outLittle polly flinders
Three wise men of GothamAs Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks
A Apple PieWhen i was a bachelor, i lived by myself
Little Tommy TittlemouseBah, bah, black sheep
Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy and BessFor every evil under the sun
Old King ColeNievie, nievie, nicknack
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a HillOld Mother Hubbard
There was an old woman called Nothing-at-allI had a little dog, they called him buff
Jack Be NimbleThe old woman must stand at the tub, tub, tub
Little Tommy TuckerThere was a little man, and he had a little gun
Hey Diddle DiddleSing a song of sixpence
Old mother HubbardSing a Song of Sixpence
Hot-cross BunsSnail, snail, come put out your horn
Pussy sits beside the FireA little cock sparrow sat on a tree
There was an old woman, and what do you thinkPlease to remember
Old woman, old woman, shall we go a shearingJack Sprat's pig
Here am I, little jumping JoanSome little Mice sat in a Barn

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