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Nursery Rhymes

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

Young Lambs to sellTom, Tom, the Piper's Son
There was a jolly millerFor every evil under the sun
Three children sliding on the iceBarber, barber, shave a pig
Hey Diddle DiddleI had a little dog, they called him buff
Handy Spandy, Jack-a-dandySing a song of sixpence
The Queen of HeartsThe old woman must stand at the tub, tub, tub
When the wind is in the eastThe old woman and her pig
There was an old man of TobagoFour and twenty tailors went to kill a snail
To market, to market, a gallop, a trotBoys and girls, come out to play
Jack and Jill went up the hillPussy sits beside the Fire
Taffy was a WelshmanLet us go to the wood, says this pig
Georgie PorgieThere was an owl lived in an oak
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a HillBessy Bell and Mary Gray
Little Nancy EtticoatPat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
High diddle doubt, my candle's outTwinkle Twinkle Little Star
Little girl, little girl, where have you beenHey! diddle, diddle
Little Tommy TittlemouseMy lady Wind, my lady Wind
Oh! mother, I shall be married to Mr. PunchinelloWhat's the news of the day
Bow, wow, wowI had a little pony
Little polly flindersAs Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks
There was a little man, and he had a little gunI had a little Husband no bigger than my Thumb
Up Hill, spare meIs John Smith within
Bat, bat, come under my hatThere was an old woman, as I've heard tell
This Is the House That Jack BuiltDame Duck's Lessons to her Ducklings

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