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Nursery Rhymes

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

Little polly flindersFour and twenty tailors went to kill a snail
Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy and BessWe'll go a-shooting
Rain, Rain, go to SpainSee, saw, Margery Daw
Dickery, dickery, dareSee, Saw, Margery Daw
Multiplication is vexationCome, let's to bed, says sleepy-head
The marriage of cock robin and jenny wrenJack Be Nimble
To market, to market, to buy a fat pigLittle Betty Blue
Old Mother HubbardThere was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
The walrus and the carpenterThe old woman and her pig
A carrion crow sat on an oakThree children sliding on the ice
Little Boy BlueUp Hill, spare me
Young Lambs to sellThe north wind doth blow
Boys and girls, come out to playWhen i was a bachelor, i lived by myself
Is John Smith withinWhere are you going to, my pretty Maid?
Who Stole the Bird's Nest?As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks
My little old man and I fell outThere was an old woman, as I've heard tell
Dance a baby didditA diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar
Two legs sat upon three legsHere am I, little jumping Joan
Awa' birds, awayHigh diddle doubt, my candle's out
Little Tommy TuckerLittle Tommy Tittlemouse
Sing a song of sixpenceHot Cross Buns
I had a little hobby horsePlease to remember
This Is the House That Jack BuiltThe Queen of Hearts
Dickery, dickery, dockOld father Graybeard

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