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A

A Cat Came Fiddling Out of a Barn (6 lines)
A Diller A Dollar (4 lines)
A Man in the Wilderness (8 lines)
A Shoemaker Makes Shoes (4 lines)
A Swarm of Bees in May (6 lines)
A Wise Old Owl (4 lines)
A Beetle and a Broomstraw (7 lines)
A Beetle Once Sat on a Barberry Twig (6 lines)
A Big Fat Potato (18 lines)
A Bundle Of Hay (6 lines)
A Candle (5 lines)
A Carrot in a Garden (6 lines)
A Cat Came Fiddling Out of a Barn (6 lines)
A Cherry (4 lines)
A Cock And Bull Story (4 lines)
A Counting Out Rhyme (4 lines)
A Difficult Rhyme (3 lines)
A Dillar A Dollar (5 lines)
A Free Show (10 lines)
A Good Boy (10 lines)
A Lame Tame Crane (2 lines)
A Little Boy Ran to the End of the Sky (8 lines)
A Man a Stool a Leg of Mutton and a Dog (8 lines)
A Man And A Maid (12 lines)
A Man in the Wilderness (8 lines)
A Man with a Nickel (12 lines)
A Melancholy Song (13 lines)
A Moon Song (6 lines)
A Needle And A Thread (4 lines)
A Plum Pudding (5 lines)
A Poker (4 lines)
A Race A Race To Moscow (8 lines)
A Seasonable Song (5 lines)
A Shoemaker Makes Shoes (4 lines)
A Sieve (2 lines)
A Star (2 lines)
A Strange Old Woman (4 lines)
A Sure Test (4 lines)
A Tisket A Tasket (8 lines)
A Tree (6 lines)
A Tutor Who Tooted (5 lines)
A Wise Old Owl (4 lines)
A Young Lady (4 lines)
A-B-C Song (12 lines)
ABC (4 lines)
About The Bush (4 lines)
Abruzzi (4 lines)
Aiken Drum (22 lines)
All Around The Green Gravel (6 lines)
All Around the Mulberry Bush (16 lines)
Amidst The Mists (4 lines)
An Apple A Day (9 lines)
An Old Lady Of Chertsey (4 lines)
Apple Pie ABC (14 lines)
As I Was Going to St. Ives (9 lines)
As I Went to Bonner (4 lines)
As I was going by Charing Cross (4 lines)
As I was going to St Ives (7 lines)
AYoung Lady Of Hull (4 lines)

B

Baa Baa Black Sheep (12 lines)
Baa Baa Black Sheep (8 lines)
Babies (12 lines)
Baby Dolly (4 lines)
Bandy Legs (4 lines)
Barber Barber Shave a Pig (4 lines)
Barber (4 lines)
Barber Barber Shave a Pig (4 lines)
Bat Bat Come Under My Hat (5 lines)
Bat Bat Come Under My Hat (5 lines)
Baxter (4 lines)
Bear The Boar (8 lines)
Bed (4 lines)
Bed in Summer (12 lines)
Beela By The Sea (8 lines)
Bees (6 lines)
Bell Horses (4 lines)
Bell Horses (4 lines)
Belleisle (4 lines)
Bessy Bell And Mary Gray (8 lines)
Betty Blue (6 lines)
Betty Botter (12 lines)
Big Bad Wolf (10 lines)
Billy Billy (10 lines)
Billy Boy (32 lines)
Billy Boy Blue (4 lines)
Billy Bumpkins (12 lines)
Birds of a Feather (6 lines)
Birds of a Feather (4 lines)
Bitter Biting Bittern (7 lines)
Blue Bell Boy (16 lines)
Blue Flames And Red Flames (8 lines)
Boats (12 lines)
Bobby Shaftoe (8 lines)
Bobby Shaftoe (4 lines)
Bobby Shaftos Gone to Sea (8 lines)
Bonnie Bee (4 lines)
Bonny Lass (5 lines)
Boots Boots Boots (10 lines)
Boys and Girls Come Out to Play (10 lines)
Bum Bum Baily O (5 lines)
Bunnies Are Brown (8 lines)
Burnie Bee (4 lines)
Buzzy Brown (8 lines)
Bye baby Bunting (4 lines)

C

Caesars Song (4 lines)
Candle Saving (4 lines)
Cape Horn (4 lines)
Captain Tickle And His Nickel (8 lines)
Casement (4 lines)
Cella Ree And Tommy To (12 lines)
Chester (4 lines)
Christmas (4 lines)
Christopher Crump (6 lines)
City Of Troy (4 lines)
Clap Handies (7 lines)
Cobble Cobbler Mend My Shoe (4 lines)
Cobbler Cobbler Mend My Shoe (4 lines)
Cock a doodle doo (4 lines)
Cock Crow (8 lines)
Cock Robin (56 lines)
Coffee and Tea (4 lines)
Cold and Raw the North Wind Doth Blow (4 lines)
Columbus (16 lines)
Come to the Window (12 lines)
Come Lets To Bed (6 lines)
Come Out To Play (10 lines)
Come to the Window (12 lines)
Comical Folk (12 lines)
Consolation (6 lines)
Cross Patch Draw the Latch (4 lines)
Cry Baby Cry (3 lines)
Curly Locks (8 lines)
Curly Locks Curly Locks (8 lines)
Cushy Cow (4 lines)
Cut Thistles in May (6 lines)
Cut Thistles in May (6 lines)
Cut Up A Caper (6 lines)

D

Daffodils (2 lines)
Daffy Down Dilly (6 lines)
Daffy Down Dilly (4 lines)
Dame Trot And Her Cat (8 lines)
Dance Little Baby (8 lines)
Dance Thumbkin Dance (40 lines)
Dance To Your Daddie (6 lines)
Dance to your Daddy (8 lines)
Dapple Gray (8 lines)
Davy Davy Dumpling (4 lines)
Dickery Dickery Dare (5 lines)
Dickery, Dickery, Dare (7 lines)
Dickie Dickie Dexter (5 lines)
Did You Ever (6 lines)
Did You Ever See a Lady (8 lines)
Did You Ever See a Lassie (16 lines)
Did You See My Wife (6 lines)
Diddle Diddle Dumpling (10 lines)
Diddle Diddle Dumpling (8 lines)
Ding Dong Bell (10 lines)
Ding Dong Bell (10 lines)
Dippy Dippy Davy (5 lines)
Do You Know The Muffin Man (10 lines)
Do Your Ears Hang Low (7 lines)
Doctor Foster (5 lines)
Doctor Drake (20 lines)
Doctor Fell (4 lines)
Doctor Foster (5 lines)
Doctor McSwattle (9 lines)
Dorking (4 lines)
Doubbledoon (20 lines)
Down At The Station (8 lines)
Down to the Well (6 lines)
Draw A Pail Of Water (8 lines)
Dreams (2 lines)
Duckle Duckle Daisy (6 lines)
Ducks And Drakes (6 lines)

E

Eat Eat Eat (16 lines)
Eencey Weencey Spider (9 lines)
Eencey Weencey Spider (8 lines)
Eeny meeny miny moe (4 lines)
Eeper Weeper (4 lines)
Elizabeth Elspeth Betsy and Bess (4 lines)
Elsie Marley's Grown So Fine (4 lines)
Elsie Marleys Grown So Fine (4 lines)
Escape at Bedtime (16 lines)
Every Lady In This Land (4 lines)

F

Fairy Bread (8 lines)
Father And Mother And Uncle John (5 lines)
Fears And Tears (2 lines)
Fee Fie Foe Fum (4 lines)
Fee Fie Foe Fum (4 lines)
Felt Felt (4 lines)
Fiddle Dee Dee (5 lines)
Fiddle Dee Dee (5 lines)
Fingers And Toes (4 lines)
Fish Story (8 lines)
Fish Story (8 lines)
Five Little Pigs (6 lines)
Five Little Pigs (6 lines)
Five little speckled frogs (6 lines)
Five Toes (6 lines)
For Baby (4 lines)
For Every Evil (4 lines)
For Want Of A Nail (6 lines)
Foreign Lands (20 lines)
Four Stiff Standers (5 lines)
Four Stiff Standers (5 lines)
From a Railway Carriage (16 lines)
From Wibbleton To Wobbleton (5 lines)

G

Georgie Porgie (6 lines)
Georgie Porgie (4 lines)
Girl Of Majorca (4 lines)
Girls And Boys (8 lines)
Girls and Boys Come Out To Play (10 lines)
Go to Bed Tom (4 lines)
Go Back To Sweden (4 lines)
Go to Bed Tom (4 lines)
Good Night Sleep Tight (15 lines)
Good Advice (4 lines)
Good and Bad Children (20 lines)
Good Enough to Show You (2 lines)
Good King Arthur (12 lines)
Good Night Sleep Tight (5 lines)
Goosey Goosey Gander (8 lines)
Goosey Goosey Gander (8 lines)
Grandma's Spectacles (4 lines)
Grandmas Spectacles (4 lines)
Grandmother Grundy (8 lines)
Gray Goose and Gander (4 lines)
Gray Geese (2 lines)
Gray Goose and Gander (4 lines)
Green Cheese (4 lines)
Green Cheese (4 lines)

H

Habits (4 lines)
Handy Pandy (4 lines)
Happy Thought (2 lines)
Hark Hark the Dogs Do Bark (9 lines)
Hark Hark the Dogs Do Bark (5 lines)
Harry Hooker (5 lines)
Hector Protector (5 lines)
Heigh Ho The Carrion Crow (20 lines)
Here We Go 'round the Mulberry Bush (50 lines)
Here Comes A Cabbage (8 lines)
Here Goes My Lord (12 lines)
Here I Am Little Jumping Joan (4 lines)
Here We Go round the Mulberry Bush (50 lines)
Hetty Hutton (12 lines)
Hey Diddle Diddle (26 lines)
Hey Diddle Diddle (6 lines)
Hickory Dickory Dock (12 lines)
Hickory Dickory Dock (5 lines)
Higglety Pigglety (8 lines)
Higglety Pigglety (6 lines)
High in the Pine Tree (8 lines)
High in the Pine Tree (8 lines)
High on the Mantel (8 lines)
Hinky Pinky Pearly Earl (6 lines)
Hipperty Clickerty Clackerty Bang (6 lines)
Hippity Hop to Bed (5 lines)
Hippy Hi Hoppy (20 lines)
His Nose (4 lines)
Hokey Pokey (69 lines)
Horsie Horsie Dont You Stop (5 lines)
Hot Cross Buns (17 lines)
Hot Boiled Beans (2 lines)
Hot Codlins (4 lines)
Hot Cross Buns (9 lines)
Hot Mush and Molasses (12 lines)
Hottentot Tot (10 lines)
How Many Miles to Babylon? (6 lines)
How Many Miles to Babylon (6 lines)
How Much Wood (5 lines)
Humpty Dumpty (16 lines)
Humpty Dumpty (4 lines)
Hush a Bye Baby (16 lines)
Hush Little Baby (16 lines)
Hush (4 lines)
Hush A Bye (4 lines)
Hush Baby My Dolly (4 lines)
Hush Little Baby (16 lines)

I

I am a Pretty Little Dutch Girl (4 lines)
I Do Not Like Thee Doctor Fell (4 lines)
I Don't Want to Go to Mexico (8 lines)
I Had a Little Nut Tree (6 lines)
I Love Little Pussy (12 lines)
I Saw a Ship A Sailing (15 lines)
I See the Moon (6 lines)
I am a Pretty Little Dutch Girl (4 lines)
I Cannot Bear (4 lines)
I Do Not Like Thee Doctor Fell (4 lines)
I Dont Want to Go to Mexico (8 lines)
I Had A Little Hen (6 lines)
I Had A Little Husband (4 lines)
I Had a Little Nut Tree (8 lines)
I Have a Little Shadow (16 lines)
I Love Sixpence (8 lines)
I Saw a Ship A Sailing (15 lines)
I Saw Esau (6 lines)
I Scream You Scream (4 lines)
I See the Moon (6 lines)
I Sing I Sing (4 lines)
I Think that I Shall Never See (4 lines)
I Thought a Thought (4 lines)
I Went to Town on Monday (20 lines)
I've Been Working on the Railroad (22 lines)
Ice Cream (4 lines)
Ice Cream, a Penny a Lump (7 lines)
Ice Cream a Penny a Lump (7 lines)
If All the World Were Paper (5 lines)
If All The Seas Were One Sea (12 lines)
If All the World Were Paper (5 lines)
If I Had A Donkey (8 lines)
If I Were Richer (14 lines)
If Id As Much Money As I Could To Spend (10 lines)
If Wishes Were Horses (7 lines)
If wishes were horses beggars would ride (6 lines)
Ill Tell You A Story (6 lines)
Im Much Too Big for a Fairy (5 lines)
In Marble Walls (7 lines)
In Spring I Look Gay (8 lines)
In Marble Walls (6 lines)
Intery Mintery (6 lines)
It's Raining It's Pouring (8 lines)
Its Raining Its Pouring (8 lines)
Itsy Bitsy Spider (4 lines)
Ive Been Working on the Railroad (22 lines)
Ive Got a New Book (6 lines)
Ive Got A Yellow Puppy (12 lines)

J

Jack & Jill (19 lines)
Jack be Nimble (8 lines)
Jack Sprat (4 lines)
Jack And His Fiddle (8 lines)
Jack and Jill (8 lines)
Jack Be Nimble (4 lines)
Jack Jelf (12 lines)
Jack Jingle (5 lines)
Jack Sprat (4 lines)
Jackanory (6 lines)
Jackie Come Give Me Your Fiddle (8 lines)
Jelly Jake And Butter Bill (26 lines)
Jenny Wren (8 lines)
Jerry Hall (4 lines)
Jerry Hall (4 lines)
Jerry Was A Joker (6 lines)
Jingle Jingle Jack (6 lines)
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (5 lines)
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt (5 lines)
John Smith (6 lines)
Johnny Shall (4 lines)
Jolly Jinks (6 lines)
Just Like Me (10 lines)

K

King Boggen (4 lines)
King Boggen (4 lines)
King Kokem (16 lines)
Knick Knack Paddy Whack (84 lines)
Knick Knack Paddy Whack (84 lines)
Kookaburra (10 lines)

L

Lady Of Bute (4 lines)
Lady Of Clare (4 lines)
Lady Of Parma (4 lines)
Lady Of Poole (4 lines)
Lady Of Prague (4 lines)
Lady Of Ryde (4 lines)
Lady Of Turkey (4 lines)
Lady Of Welling (4 lines)
Ladybird (4 lines)
Ladybug Ladybug (8 lines)
Ladybug Ladybug (8 lines)
Lavenders Blue (12 lines)
Leg Over Leg (4 lines)
Lend Me Thy Mare To Ride A Mile (6 lines)
Lengthening Days (2 lines)
Light a Night Light (8 lines)
Little Bo Peep (20 lines)
Little Boy Blue (11 lines)
Little Bunny Foo Foo (42 lines)
Little Jack Horner (8 lines)
Little Miss Muffet (5 lines)
Little Nancy Etticoat (7 lines)
Little Poll Parrot (6 lines)
Little Polly Flinders (6 lines)
Little Robin Redbreast Sat Upon a Rail (4 lines)
Little Robin Redbreast Sat Upon a Tree (8 lines)
Little Tommy Tittlemouse (4 lines)
Little Arabella Miller (6 lines)
Little Betty Blue (6 lines)
Little Bo Peep (16 lines)
Little Boy Blue (6 lines)
Little Bunny Foo Foo (42 lines)
Little Fred (4 lines)
Little Girl And Queen (4 lines)
Little Jack Horner (6 lines)
Little Jenny Wren (16 lines)
Little Jumping Joan (3 lines)
Little King Boggen (4 lines)
Little Lad Little Lad (6 lines)
Little Maid Little Maid (4 lines)
Little Miss Muffet (5 lines)
Little Nancy Etticoat (5 lines)
Little Poll Parrot (6 lines)
Little Polly Flinders (6 lines)
Little Robin Redbreast (4 lines)
Little Tom Tucker (8 lines)
Little Tommy Tittlemouse (4 lines)
Lock And Key (10 lines)
Loddy Gin and Ella Zander (10 lines)
London Bridge is Falling Down (46 lines)
London Bridge (36 lines)
Looking Forward (4 lines)
Lucy Locket (4 lines)

M

Mademoiselle Went Down To The Well (6 lines)
Man Of Apulia (4 lines)
Man Of Bohemia (4 lines)
Man Of Calcutta (4 lines)
Man Of Corfu (4 lines)
Man Of Melrose (4 lines)
Man Of Nepaul (4 lines)
Man Of Peru (4 lines)
Man Of The South (4 lines)
Man Of The West (4 lines)
Man Of Vesuvius (4 lines)
March Winds (2 lines)
Mares Eat Oats (5 lines)
Margery Daw (4 lines)
Marseilles (4 lines)
Mary Had a Little Lamb (32 lines)
Mary Had a Little Lamb (24 lines)
Mary Mary Quite Contrary (4 lines)
Marys Canary (8 lines)
Master I Have (6 lines)
Matthew Mark Luke and John (6 lines)
Michael Row Your Boat Ashore (16 lines)
Michael Row Your Boat Ashore (16 lines)
Monday's Child (8 lines)
Mondays Child (8 lines)
Money And The Mare (6 lines)
Moon O Moon In The Empty Sky (10 lines)
Most Any Chip (9 lines)
Mother May I Go Out to Swim (4 lines)
Mother Goose Had A House (24 lines)
Mother May I Go Out to Swim (4 lines)
Multiplication is Vexation (4 lines)
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (20 lines)
My Beard (4 lines)
My Bed is a Boat (16 lines)
My Bonnet (4 lines)
My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean (10 lines)
My Grandfathers Clock (8 lines)
My Kitten (4 lines)
My Little Maid (4 lines)
My Love (4 lines)
My Maid Mary (4 lines)
My Mother And Your Mother (4 lines)
Myself (12 lines)

N

Nancy Dawson (8 lines)
Ned Nott And Sam Shott (10 lines)
Need Not Your Needles (4 lines)
Needles And Pins (2 lines)
No One At Home (12 lines)
Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (4 lines)
Nuts in May (20 lines)

O

Oats Peas Beans And Barley Grow (20 lines)
Oh Dear (12 lines)
Oh Dear (12 lines)
Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be (4 lines)
Oh Mother (12 lines)
Oh Said the Worm (4 lines)
Oh The Grand Old Duke Of York (8 lines)
Oh Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone (4 lines)
Old King Cole (10 lines)
Old Mother Goose (8 lines)
Old Mother Hubbard (32 lines)
Old Chairs To Mend (8 lines)
Old Father Annum (8 lines)
Old Father McNether (6 lines)
Old Gentleman (4 lines)
Old Grimes (4 lines)
Old King Cole (10 lines)
Old Lady Whose Folly (4 lines)
Old MacDonald Had A Farm (195 lines)
Old Man (4 lines)
Old Man Of Coblenz (4 lines)
Old Man Of Peru (4 lines)
Old Man Of The North (4 lines)
Old Man With A Nose (4 lines)
Old Missus Skinner (6 lines)
Old Molly Is Lowing (12 lines)
Old Mother Goose (8 lines)
Old Mother Hubbard (30 lines)
Old Person Of Prague (4 lines)
Old Person Of Rhodes (4 lines)
Old Person Of Tring (4 lines)
Old Woman Old Woman (8 lines)
On Top of Spaghetti (25 lines)
On the Road to Tattletown (8 lines)
On Top of Old Smoky (32 lines)
On Top of Spaghetti (25 lines)
Once I Saw A Little Bird (8 lines)
One for Sorrow (8 lines)
One for the Mouse (4 lines)
One Misty Moisty Morning (9 lines)
One to Make Ready (4 lines)
One Two Buckle My Shoe (20 lines)
One Foot Up (2 lines)
One for Sorrow (10 lines)
One for the Mouse (4 lines)
One He Loves (8 lines)
One I Love (4 lines)
One Misty Moisty Morning (8 lines)
One One (7 lines)
One To Make Ready (4 lines)
One To Ten (4 lines)
One Two Buckle My Shoe (10 lines)
Only One was Going to St Ives (7 lines)
Oranges and Lemons (14 lines)
Our Little Pat (9 lines)
Over the River and Through the Woods (20 lines)
Over The River (20 lines)
Over The Water (6 lines)

P

Pairs Or Pears (4 lines)
Pancake Day (6 lines)
Pat A Cake (8 lines)
Pat-a-Cake (9 lines)
Patters And Tatters (4 lines)
Peas Porridge Hot (8 lines)
Pease Porridge Hot (4 lines)
Peep Peep (4 lines)
Pensive Percy (8 lines)
People Of Lucca (4 lines)
Person Of Crete (4 lines)
Person Of Cromer (4 lines)
Person Of Ewell (4 lines)
Person Of Spain (4 lines)
Peter Peter Pumkin Eater (4 lines)
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater (4 lines)
Peter Piper (4 lines)
Peter Popper (6 lines)
Pheasant Plucker (4 lines)
Pins (4 lines)
Piping Hot Smoking Hot (4 lines)
Pippen Hill (8 lines)
Pirate Story (11 lines)
Play Days (4 lines)
Plenty (8 lines)
Polly Put the Kettle On (12 lines)
Polly And Sukey (8 lines)
Polly Had Some China Cows (8 lines)
Polly Put The Kettle On (12 lines)
Poor Mary (20 lines)
Poor Old Robinson Crusoe (8 lines)
Pop Goes the Weasel (27 lines)
Pop Goes the Weasel (8 lines)
Pretty John Watts (8 lines)
Pretty Kitty Creighton (4 lines)
Pretty Little Dutch Girl (8 lines)
Pretty World (12 lines)
Punch And Judy Fought For A Pie (4 lines)
Purple Cow (4 lines)
Pussy Cat And Queen (8 lines)
Pussy Cat And The Dumplings (4 lines)
Pussy Cat By The Fire (56 lines)
Pussy Cat Mew (4 lines)
Pussy Cat Pussy Cat (4 lines)
Pussycat Pussycat (4 lines)

Q

Queen of Hearts (12 lines)

R

Rain (4 lines)
Rain On The Green Grass (4 lines)
Rain Rain (3 lines)
Rain Rain Go Away (2 lines)
Requiem (5 lines)
Return To Dundee (4 lines)
Riddle Me (6 lines)
Riddle Me Riddle Me Ree (6 lines)
Ride a Cock Horse (4 lines)
Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross (4 lines)
Ride Away Ride Away (8 lines)
Ring Around the Roses (14 lines)
Ring A Ring O Roses (4 lines)
Rinky Tattle (4 lines)
Robin A Bobbin (4 lines)
Robin And Richard (6 lines)
Robin Hood And Little John (12 lines)
Robin Redbreast (8 lines)
Rock a Bye Baby (8 lines)
Romulus (8 lines)
Roses are red (4 lines)
Round and round the garden (4 lines)
Row Row Row Your Boat (4 lines)
Row Row Row Your Boat (4 lines)
Rub a Dub Dub (6 lines)
Rub a dub dub (7 lines)
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (16 lines)

S

Sailing Sailing (6 lines)
Sailing Sailing (6 lines)
Saturday Sunday (8 lines)
Say This (3 lines)
See Saw Marjorie Daw (8 lines)
See Saw Sacradown (4 lines)
See See (2 lines)
See Saw (2 lines)
See Saw Jack (2 lines)
See Saw Margery Daw (4 lines)
See Saw Marjorie Daw (8 lines)
See Saw Sacradown (4 lines)
Sees Saw Sawed Soars Seesaw (13 lines)
Shall We Go A Shearing (4 lines)
She Sells Seashells (2 lines)
She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain (33 lines)
Shell Be Comin Round The Mountain (33 lines)
Shoeing (6 lines)
Silly Little Mule (6 lines)
Silly Sally (5 lines)
Simple Simon (20 lines)
Simple Simon (20 lines)
Sing a Song of Sixpence (18 lines)
Sing A Song Of Sixpence (16 lines)
Sing Sing (4 lines)
Sing Sing What Shall I Sing (4 lines)
Singing (8 lines)
Sippity Sippity Sup (6 lines)
Sippity Sup Sippity Sup (6 lines)
Six Little Mice (8 lines)
Six Little Mice Sat Down To Spin (8 lines)
Six Little Salmon (4 lines)
Skip to My Lou (8 lines)
Skip Skip Skip To My Lou (8 lines)
Sleep Baby Sleep (15 lines)
Sleep Baby Sleep (15 lines)
Slippery Slim (6 lines)
Smiling Girls Rosy Boys (4 lines)
Smiling Girls Rosy Boys (4 lines)
Smyrna (4 lines)
Sneezing (6 lines)
Snowflakes (4 lines)
Solomon Grundy (10 lines)
Solomon Grundy (10 lines)
Somebody (4 lines)
Sonny (18 lines)
St Swithins Day (4 lines)
Star Light Star Bright (4 lines)
Star Light Star Bright (4 lines)
Sulky Sue (4 lines)
Sunshine (6 lines)
Surely Sylvia Swims (2 lines)
Susan Shineth (4 lines)
Swan Swam Over the Sea (4 lines)
Swan (4 lines)
Swan Swam Over The Sea (4 lines)
Swiss Witches (4 lines)

T

Taffy was a Welshman (16 lines)
Taffy (8 lines)
Taffy Was A Welshman (16 lines)
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear (16 lines)
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear (16 lines)
Teeth And Gums (2 lines)
Tell Tale Tit (4 lines)
Ten Little Indians (8 lines)
Ten Little Indians (8 lines)
Terrible Tim (12 lines)
Thats All (7 lines)
The Ants Go Marching (62 lines)
The Cock Doth Crow (4 lines)
The Farmer in the Dell (40 lines)
The Hart He Loves the High Wood (4 lines)
The House That Jack Built (65 lines)
The Lion & The Unicorn (8 lines)
The Little Froggy (6 lines)
The Man in the Moon (5 lines)
The North Wind Doth Blow (8 lines)
The Alphabet (14 lines)
The Animal Show (12 lines)
The Ant (5 lines)
The Ants and the Grasshopper (2 lines)
The Ants Go Marching (60 lines)
The Army Of The Queen (10 lines)
The Ass and his Driver (2 lines)
The Ass and his Purchaser (2 lines)
The Ass and his Shadow (2 lines)
The Ass and the Charger (2 lines)
The Ass and the Grasshopper (2 lines)
The Ass and the Wolf (2 lines)
The Ass Carrying Salt (2 lines)
The Ass carrying the Image (2 lines)
The Ass Eating Thistles (2 lines)
The Ass in the Lions Skin (2 lines)
The Ass the Cock and the Lion (2 lines)
The Ass the Fox and the Lion (2 lines)
The Astronomer (2 lines)
The Bald Knight (2 lines)
The Balloon (4 lines)
The Bear and the Fox (2 lines)
The Bear and the Gardener (2 lines)
The Bear and the Two Travelers (2 lines)
The Bees the Drones and the Wasp (2 lines)
The Bell (19 lines)
The Bells (22 lines)
The Bird Scarer (6 lines)
The Birds the Beasts and the Bat (2 lines)
The Black Hen (4 lines)
The Blacksmith (6 lines)
The Blind Man and the Whelp (2 lines)
The Boar and the Ass (2 lines)
The Boasting Traveler (2 lines)
The Bowman and the Lion (2 lines)
The Boy and the Filberts (2 lines)
The Boy and the Nettle (2 lines)
The Boy Bathing (2 lines)
The Boy In The Barn (4 lines)
The Boys and the Frogs (2 lines)
The Brave Tin Soldier (15 lines)
The Buffoon and the Countryman (2 lines)
The Bull and the Calf (2 lines)
The Bull and the Goat (2 lines)
The Bulls and the Frogs (2 lines)
The Bunch Of Blue Ribbons (8 lines)
The Camel (4 lines)
The Camel and the Travelers (2 lines)
The Canada Goose (9 lines)
The Cape (4 lines)
The Cat and the Cock (2 lines)
The Cat and the Fox (2 lines)
The Cat and the Mice (2 lines)
The Cat the Weasel and the Rabbit (2 lines)
The Cats Went Out To Serenade (4 lines)
The Charcoal Burner and the Fuller (2 lines)
The Clock (8 lines)
The Coachman (8 lines)
The Cock and the Fox (2 lines)
The Cock And The Hen (9 lines)
The Cock Doth Crow (4 lines)
The Cocks On The Housetop (8 lines)
The Cold (4 lines)
The Countryman and the Snake (2 lines)
The Crab and its Mother (2 lines)
The Crooked Sixpence (4 lines)
The Crow and the Pitcher (2 lines)
The Crow and the Serpent (2 lines)
The Dancing Monkeys (2 lines)
The Death And Burial Of Poor Cock Robin (52 lines)
The Dee (4 lines)
The Derby Ram (15 lines)
The Dog and his Masters Dinner (2 lines)
The Dog and the Hare (2 lines)
The Dog and the Oyster (2 lines)
The Dog and the Shadow (2 lines)
The Dog Cock and Fox (4 lines)
The Dog in the Manger (2 lines)
The Dog Invited to Supper (2 lines)
The Dogs and the Fox (2 lines)
The Dogs and the Hides (2 lines)
The Donkey (4 lines)
The Dove and the Ant (2 lines)
The Dove and the Crow (2 lines)
The Dove And The Wren (4 lines)
The Dream Of Little Tuk (26 lines)
The Dusty Miller (12 lines)
The Eagle and the Arrow (2 lines)
The Eagle and the Beetle (2 lines)
The Eagle and the Fox (2 lines)
The Eagle and the Jackdaw (2 lines)
The Eagle and the Kite (2 lines)
The Eagle the Cat and the Wild Sow (2 lines)
The Elderbush (51 lines)
The Emperors New Clothes (31 lines)
The False Collar (25 lines)
The Farmer and the Cranes (2 lines)
The Farmer And The Raven (12 lines)
The Farmer and the Stork (2 lines)
The Farmer in the Dell (40 lines)
The Fatal Marriage (2 lines)
The Father and his Sons (2 lines)
The Fawn and his Mother (2 lines)
The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle (2 lines)
The Fir Tree (64 lines)
The Fir Tree and the Bramble (2 lines)
The First Of May (4 lines)
The Flowers (16 lines)
The Flying Pig (7 lines)
The Fowler and the Ringdove (2 lines)
The Fox and the Crow (2 lines)
The Fox and the Goat (2 lines)
The Fox and the Grapes (2 lines)
The Fox and the Hedgehog (2 lines)
The Fox and the Leopard (2 lines)
The Fox and the Lion (2 lines)
The Fox and the Stork (2 lines)
The Fox and the Tiger (2 lines)
The Fox and the Turkeys (2 lines)
The Fox who had Lost his Tail (2 lines)
The Freighter (12 lines)
The Frogs Asking for a King (2 lines)
The Game cocks and the Partridge (2 lines)
The Geese and the Cranes (2 lines)
The Girl And The Birds (10 lines)
The Girl In The Lane (4 lines)
The Gnat and the Bull (2 lines)
The Goat and the Ass (2 lines)
The Goatherd and the Goats (2 lines)
The Goose with the Golden Eggs (2 lines)
The Grand Old Duke of York (8 lines)
The Great and the Little Fishes (2 lines)
The Greedy Man (4 lines)
The Hague (4 lines)
The Happy Family (21 lines)
The Hare and the Hound (2 lines)
The Hare and the Tortoise (2 lines)
The Hares and the Frogs (2 lines)
The Hart (4 lines)
The Hart He Loves the High Wood (4 lines)
The Hawk and the Nightingale (2 lines)
The Hawk the Kite and the Pigeons (2 lines)
The Hayloft (16 lines)
The Heifer and the Ox (2 lines)
The Heifer the Goat the Sheep and the Lion (2 lines)
The Hen and the Swallow (2 lines)
The Herdsman and the Lost Bull (2 lines)
The Hero (10 lines)
The Hobby Horse (8 lines)
The Hobo Band (6 lines)
The Hokey Pokey (70 lines)
The Holly Tree (4 lines)
The Horse and his Rider (2 lines)
The Horse and the Groom (2 lines)
The Horse and the Loaded Ass (2 lines)
The Horse and the Stag (2 lines)
The House That Jack Built (65 lines)
The Hunter and the Wolf (2 lines)
The Hunter Of Reigate (5 lines)
The Huntsman and the Fisherman (2 lines)
The Isles (4 lines)
The Kilkenny Cats (7 lines)
The King Had A Platter (6 lines)
The King Of France (4 lines)
The Kings Son and the Painted Lion (2 lines)
The Kites and the Swans (2 lines)
The Laborer and the Snake (2 lines)
The Lamb and the Wolf (2 lines)
The Lamplighter (12 lines)
The Land of Counterpane (16 lines)
The Land of Nod (16 lines)
The Lark and her Young Ones (2 lines)
The Leap frog (16 lines)
The Leopard and the Fox (2 lines)
The Lion and the Boar (2 lines)
The Lion and the Dolphin (2 lines)
The Lion and the Fox (2 lines)
The Lion and the Mouse (2 lines)
The Lion and the Three Bulls (2 lines)
The Lion and The Unicorn (8 lines)
The Lion and the Wolf (2 lines)
The Lion the Ass and the Fox Hunting (2 lines)
The Lion the Bear and the Fox (2 lines)
The Lioness (2 lines)
The Little Bird (8 lines)
The Little Girl With A Curl (4 lines)
The Little Match Girl (12 lines)
The Little Mermaid (103 lines)
The Little Moppet (6 lines)
The Little Mouse (14 lines)
The Lost Shoe (5 lines)
The Man and His Two Wives (2 lines)
The Man and the Lion (2 lines)
The Man and the Satyr (2 lines)
The Man Bitten by a Dog (2 lines)
The Man In Our Town (8 lines)
The Man in the Moon (6 lines)
The Man In The Wilderness (8 lines)
The Man Of Bombay (5 lines)
The Man Of Derby (4 lines)
The Man Of Tobago (5 lines)
The Man Who Had Naught (8 lines)
The Merchants of London (4 lines)
The Mice in Council (2 lines)
The Mighty Baron Batteroff (12 lines)
The Milkmaid and her Pot of Milk (2 lines)
The Miller his Son and their Ass (2 lines)
The Mischievous Dog (3 lines)
The Mist (2 lines)
The Monkey and the Camel (2 lines)
The Monkey and the Cat (2 lines)
The Monkey and the Dolphin (3 lines)
The Moon (12 lines)
The Mother and the Wolf (2 lines)
The Mountain in Labor (2 lines)
The Mouse and the Boasting Rat (2 lines)
The Mouse the Frog and the Hawk (2 lines)
The Muffin Man (8 lines)
The Mulberry Bush (20 lines)
The Mules and the Robbers (2 lines)
The Naughty Boy (14 lines)
The North Wind and the Sun (2 lines)
The North Wind Doth Blow (8 lines)
The Oak and the Reeds (2 lines)
The Old Hound (2 lines)
The Old House (56 lines)
The Old Man (7 lines)
The Old Man and Death (2 lines)
The Old Man and the Three Young Men (2 lines)
The Old Woman And The Peddler (20 lines)
The Old Woman From France (5 lines)
The Old Woman Of Gloucester (5 lines)
The Old Woman Of Harrow (5 lines)
The Old Woman Of Leeds (5 lines)
The Old Woman Of Surrey (5 lines)
The Old Woman Under The Hill (4 lines)
The One Eyed Doe (2 lines)
The Owl and the Grasshopper (2 lines)
The Ox and the Frog (2 lines)
The Oxen and the Axle Trees (2 lines)
The Oxen and the Butchers (2 lines)
The Partridge and the Fowler (2 lines)
The Party (20 lines)
The Peacock and the Crane (2 lines)
The People Of Basing (4 lines)
The Piper And His Cow (8 lines)
The Playful Ass (2 lines)
The Porcupine and the Snakes (2 lines)
The Quack Frog (2 lines)
The Quarrel (4 lines)
The Queen Of Hearts (12 lines)
The Rag Man (18 lines)
The Rat and the Elephant (2 lines)
The Rat and the Frog (2 lines)
The Raven and the Swan (2 lines)
The Real Princess (9 lines)
The Red Shoes (42 lines)
The Robin (8 lines)
The Robin And The Squirrel (14 lines)
The Robins (4 lines)
The Runaways (7 lines)
The Salesman (6 lines)
The Sea gull and the Kite (2 lines)
The Seaside Travelers (2 lines)
The Seasons (4 lines)
The Shadow (88 lines)
The Shepherd and the Sheep (2 lines)
The Shepherd and the Wolf (2 lines)
The Shepherds Boy and Wolf (2 lines)
The Shoes Of Fortune (209 lines)
The Sick Kite (2 lines)
The Sick Stag (2 lines)
The Snow Queen (204 lines)
The Stag and the Fawn (2 lines)
The Stag at the Pool (2 lines)
The Stag in the Ox Stall (2 lines)
The Stag the Wolf and the Sheep (2 lines)
The Story Of A Mother (47 lines)
The Stove (6 lines)
The Sun Travels (12 lines)
The Swallow and the Crow (2 lines)
The Swan and the Goose (2 lines)
The Swineherd (61 lines)
The Swing (12 lines)
The Tarts (12 lines)
The Thief and His Mother (2 lines)
The Thief and the House Dog (2 lines)
The Thief Chase (15 lines)
The Thirsty Pigeon (2 lines)
The Three Sons (6 lines)
The Tippany Flower (4 lines)
The Tortoise and the Eagle (2 lines)
The Tortoise and the Two Ducks (2 lines)
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (2 lines)
The Travelers and the Plane Tree (2 lines)
The Trees and the Axe (2 lines)
The Trumpeter taken Prisoner (2 lines)
The Two Frogs (2 lines)
The Two Pots (2 lines)
The Two Soldiers and the Robber (2 lines)
The Vain Jackdaw (2 lines)
The Vine and the Goat (2 lines)
The Viper and the File (2 lines)
The West (4 lines)
The Widow and her Little Maidens (2 lines)
There Was a Little Turtle (12 lines)
There Was an Old Crow (4 lines)
There Was an Old Maid (4 lines)
There Was a Crooked Man (4 lines)
There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (4 lines)
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a Hill (4 lines)
This Little Piggy (7 lines)
This Old Man (84 lines)
This Is the House That Jack Built (58 lines)
This Little Piggy (5 lines)
This Old Man (62 lines)
Three Grey Geese (4 lines)
Three Little Indians (8 lines)
Three Little Kittens (53 lines)
Three Wise Men of Gotham (4 lines)
Three Young Rats With Black Felt Hats (8 lines)
Three Blind Mice (6 lines)
Three Little Kittens (32 lines)
Tinker Tailor (12 lines)
Tinker Tailor (4 lines)
To Bed To Bed (6 lines)
To Market (4 lines)
To market to market (6 lines)
Tom Tom the Piper's Son (6 lines)
Tom Tom the Pipers Son (6 lines)
TOther Little Tune (8 lines)
Tweedledum and Tweedledee (8 lines)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (6 lines)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (27 lines)
Two Little Dickie Birds (8 lines)

U

Upstairs Downstairs (4 lines)

V

Vintery Mintery Cutery Corn (7 lines)

W

Wee Willie Winkie (8 lines)
Wee Willie Winkie (20 lines)
What are Little Boys Made Of? (4 lines)
What are Little Girls Made Of? (4 lines)
What Did I Dream? (6 lines)
What Are Little Boys Made Of (10 lines)
When That I Was But a Little Tiny Boy (6 lines)
Where is Thumbkin? (24 lines)
Wind The Bobbin Up (12 lines)
Wise Men of Gotham (4 lines)

X

X Y and Tumbledown Z (3 lines)

Y

Yankee Doodle (16 lines)

Z

Zum Gali Gali Gali (4 lines)

About These Nursery Rhymes

Nursery rhymes are traditional poems and songs for young children. Many date back centuries and have been passed down through oral tradition. They teach rhythm, rhyme, and language skills while being fun to recite and sing. This collection includes well-known rhymes like Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, alongside lesser-known traditional verses.

Why Nursery Rhymes Matter

Research shows that nursery rhymes play a key role in early literacy development. The repetitive rhyming patterns help children recognize sounds, build vocabulary, and develop phonemic awareness — the ability to hear and manipulate individual sounds in words. Singing and reciting rhymes together also strengthens memory, rhythm, and language confidence in young learners.

For poets and songwriters, nursery rhymes are a masterclass in concise, memorable verse. Their tight rhyme schemes, strong meter, and vivid imagery have influenced everything from folk music to hip-hop. Try feeding a nursery rhyme's vocabulary into our rap generator or look up the rhyming patterns used in your favourite poem.

How to Use This Collection

Browse alphabetically using the letter navigation above, or scroll through the full list. Each nursery rhyme page shows the complete lyrics along with links to rhyming words and definitions for vocabulary in the poem. You'll also find related nursery rhymes to explore next and a link to generate your own verse inspired by the rhyme.

Frequently asked questions

How many nursery rhymes are in this collection?: This collection contains 1017 nursery rhymes with complete lyrics, from well-known classics like Humpty Dumpty and Jack and Jill to lesser-known traditional rhymes.
What can I find on each nursery rhyme page?: Each nursery rhyme page shows the complete lyrics, links to rhyming words and definitions for vocabulary in the poem, related nursery rhymes to browse next, and tools to generate your own verse. Every rhyme is organized alphabetically and includes a line count so you can find exactly what you need.

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