List of nursery rhymes in English
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This is a list of nursery rhymes in English
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| Title | Other titles | Place of Origin | Date First Recorded |
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| 'Aiken Drum Aiken Drum "Aiken Drum" is a popular Scottish folk song and nursery rhyme, which probably has its origins in a Jacobite song about the Battle of Sheriffmuir . It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 2571.... ' |
Scotland | 1825 | |
| 'A Was an Apple Pie Apple Pie ABC Apple Pie ABC is one of the earliest and most enduring English alphabet rhymes for children.-Publishing history:The Apple Pie ABC is a simple rhyme meant to teach children the order of the alphabet and relates the various ways children react to an apple pie. After the first line, A was an apple... ' |
England | 1671 | |
| 'A Wise Old Owl A Wise Old Owl A Wise Old Owl is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7734.-Lyrics:A wise old owl lived in an oakThe more he saw the less he spokeThe less he spoke the more he heard.Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?... ' |
USA? | 1915 | |
| 'A-Tisket, A-Tasket A-Tisket, A-Tasket A Tisket A Tasket is a nursery rhyme first recorded in America in the late nineteenth century. It was used as the basis for a very successful and highly regarded 1938 recording by Ella Fitzgerald... ' |
USA | c. 1879 | |
| 'As I was going by Charing Cross As I Was Going by Charing Cross As I Was Going By Charing Cross is an English language nursery rhyme, sometimes referred to as As I was going to Charing Cross. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20564.-Lyrics:Modern versions include:As I was going by Charing Cross,... ' |
'As I was going to Charing Cross' | England | 17thC? |
| 'As I was going to St Ives As I Was Going to St Ives "As I was going to St Ives" is a traditional English language nursery rhyme which is generally thought to be a riddle. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19772.-Lyrics:The most common modern version is:-Answers:... ' |
England | c. 1730 | |
| 'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep' | England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Billy Boy Billy Boy "Billy Boy" is a traditional folk song and nursery rhyme found in the United States. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 326.-Lyrics:One variant of the lyrics goes:Oh, where have you been,Billy Boy, Billy Boy?Oh, where have you been,Charming Billy?... ' |
| | USA | 1930 |
| 'Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea "Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea" or "Bobby Shafto" is an English language folk song and nursery rhyme. It has a Roud index number of 1359.-Lyrics:The most common modern version is:... ' |
England | 1805 | |
| 'Bye, baby Bunting Bye, baby bunting Bye, baby Bunting is a popular English language nursery rhyme and lullaby. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11018.-Lyrics:The most common modern version is:... ' |
England | 1784 | |
| 'Cock a doodle doo Cock a doodle doo "Cock a doodle doo" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3464.-Lyrics:The most common modern version is:Cock a doodle do!My dame has lost her shoe,My master's lost his fiddlestick,... ' |
England | 1765 | |
| 'Did You Ever See a Lassie?' | USA? Scotland? | 1895-1900 | |
| 'Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling, My Son John Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling, My Son John "Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling, My Son John" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19709.- Lyrics :The most commonly used modern version is:... ' |
England | 1797 | |
| 'Ding Dong Bell Ding Dong Bell "Ding Dong Bell" or "Ding Dong Dell" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 12853.-Lyrics:... ' |
England | 1580 | |
| 'Doctor Foster Doctor Foster "Doctor Foster" is an English language nursery rhyme that has appeared in many anthologies since the nineteenth century. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19288.-The rhyme:... ' |
England | 1844 | |
| 'Eeny, meeny, miny, moe Eeny, meeny, miny, moe "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe", which can be spelled a number of ways, is a children's counting rhyme, used to select a person to be "it" for games and similar purposes such as counting out a child that has to be stood down from a group of children as part of a playground game... ' |
Britain or USA | 1888 | |
| 'Eeper Weeper Eeper Weeper "Eeper Weeper" or "Heeper Peeper" is a popular English nursery rhyme and skipping song that tells the story of a chimney sweep who kills his second wife and hides her body up a chimney. The rhyme has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13497.... ' |
'Heeper Peeper' | England | late 19th early 20th C |
| 'Five little speckled frogs Five little speckled frogs Five little speckled frogs is a nursery rhyme similar to Ten Green Bottles in its format.-Variant:Line Four: Hold one finger up to represent the frog who fell off the log.Line Five: Pretend to fall over.... ' |
USA? | 20th century | |
| 'Frog Went A-Courting Frog Went A-Courting "Frog Went A-Courtin'" is an English language folk song. Its first known appearance is in Wedderburn's Complaynt of Scotland under the name "The frog came to the myl dur", though this in Scots rather than English... ' |
'A frog he would a-wooing go' | England | 1611 |
| 'Georgie Porgie Georgie Porgie "Georgie Porgie" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19532.-Lyrics:The most common modern lyrics are:There are various theories that link the character Georgie Porgie to historical figures including George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham , Charles... ' |
England | c. 1850 | |
| 'Girls and Boys Come Out To Play Girls and Boys Come Out To Play Girls and Boys Come Out to Play or Boys and Girls Come Out to Play is a nursery rhyme that has existed since at least 1708. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 5452.-Lyrics:... ' |
'Boys and Girls Come Out to Play' | England | 1708 |
| 'Goosey Goosey Gander Goosey Goosey Gander "Goosey Goosey Gander" is an English language Nursery Rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6488.-Lyrics:The most common modern version of the lyrics is:Goosey goosey gander,Whither shall I wander?Upstairs and downstairs... ' |
England | 1784 | |
| 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush is a 1967 British film made based on the novel of the same name by Hunter Davies. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.... ' |
'Mulberry Bush' | England | c. 1850 |
| 'Hey Diddle Diddle Hey Diddle Diddle "Hey Diddle Diddle" is an English nursery rhyme... ' |
England | c. 1765 | |
| 'Hickory Dickory Dock Hickory Dickory Dock "Hickory Dickory Dock" or "Hickety Dickety Dock" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6489.-Lyrics:The most common modern version is:Hickory, dickory, dock,The mouse ran up the clock.... ' |
'Hickety Dickety Dock' | England | c. 1744 |
| 'Hot Cross Buns Hot Cross Buns "Hot Cross Buns" is an English language nursery rhyme, Easter song and street cry referring to the spiced English bun associated with Good Friday known as a Hot Cross Bun... ' |
England | 1797 | |
| 'How Many Miles to Babylon? How Many Miles to Babylon? How Many Miles to Babylon? is a novel by Irish writer Jennifer Johnston, first published in 1974.-Synopsis:The story is the complex tale of a friendship between two boys in Moycullen, Ireland prior to and during World War I. Alec, the son of Anglo-Irish parents grows up lonely and friendless on his... ' |
Scotland | 1801 | |
| 'Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English language nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as an egg and has appeared or been referred to in a large number of works of literature and popular culture... ' |
England | 1803 | |
| 'If wishes were horses, beggars would ride If wishes were horses, beggars would ride "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride" is an English language proverb and nursery rhyme, originating in the 16th century, which is usually used to suggest that it is useless to wish and that better results will be achieved through action... ' |
'If wishes were horses' | Britain | 1605 |
| 'I do not like thee, Doctor Fell I do not like thee, Doctor Fell I do not like thee, Doctor Fell is a nursery rhyme, said to have been written by satirical English poet Tom Brown in 1680.-Origin and basis:The anecdote associated with the origin of the rhyme is that when Brown was a student at the Christ Church, Oxford, he was caught doing mischief... ' |
England | 1680 | |
| 'I Had a Little Nut Tree I Had a Little Nut Tree I Had a Little Nut Tree is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3749.-Lyrics:The most common modern version is:I had a little nut tree,Nothing would it bearBut a silver nutmegAnd a golden pear;... ' |
England | 1789 | |
| 'I Love Little Pussy I Love Little Pussy "I Love Little Pussy" is an English language nursery rhyme about a person who is kind to a pet cat. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 12824.-Lyrics:The most common modern version is:I love little pussy,Her coat is so warm,And if I don't hurt her,... ' |
England | 1830 | |
| 'It's Raining, It's Pouring It's Raining, It's Pouring __notoc__"It's Raining, It's Pouring" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16814.The song is not found before the mid-twentieth century in the USA... ' |
USA | 1939 | |
| 'Itsy Bitsy Spider Itsy Bitsy Spider "Itsy Bitsy Spider" is a popular nursery rhyme that describes the adventures of a spider as it ascends, descends and reascends the downspout or "waterspout" of a gutter system... ' |
'Eensy Weensy Spider' | USA | 1910 |
| 'Jack and Jill Jack and Jill (song) "Jack and Jill" is a classic nursery rhyme in the English speaking world. The origin of the rhyme is obscure and there are several theories that attempt to interpret the lyrics. The rhyme is known to date back to at least the 18th century. The song is sometimes titled "Jack and Gill", particularly... ' |
England | c. 1765 | |
| 'Jackanory' | England | c. 1760 | |
| 'Jack Be Nimble Jack Be Nimble Jack Be Nimble is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13902.-Lyrics:The most common version of the rhyme is:-References in popular culture:... ' |
England | c. 1815 | |
| 'Jack Sprat Jack Sprat "Jack Sprat" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19479.-Lyrics:The most common modern version of the rhyme is:... ' |
England | 1639 | |
| 'Ladybird Ladybird Ladybird Ladybird "Ladybird Ladybird" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16215.- The rhyme:... ' |
'Ladybug Ladybug' | Britain | c. 1744 |
| 'Lavender's Blue' | 'Lavender Blue' | England | late 17thC |
| 'Little Arabella Miller Little Arabella Miller "Little Arabella Miller" is a popular English nursery rhyme often sung in pre-schools. Most references to the song do not attribute a writer but Ann Eliott has been previously cited as a composer... ' |
USA? | 20thC | |
| 'Little Bo Peep Little Bo Peep "Little Bo Peep" or "Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6487.-Lyrics:As with most products of oral tradition, there are many variations to the rhyme... ' |
England | c. 1805 | |
| 'Little Boy Blue Little Boy Blue "Little Boy Blue" is a popular English language nursery rhyme, often used in popular culture. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11318.-Lyrics:The most common version of the rhyme is:... ' |
England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Little Jack Horner Little Jack Horner "Little Jack Horner" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has the Roud Folk Song Index number of 13027.-Lyrics:The most common modern lyrics are:Little Jack HornerSat in the corner,Eating a Christmas pie;He put in his thumb,... ' |
England | 1725 | |
| 'Little Miss Muffet Little Miss Muffet "Little Miss Muffet" is a nursery rhyme, one of the most commonly printed in the mid-twentieth century. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20605.-Lyrics:-Alternative Lyrics:... ' |
England | 1805 | |
| 'Little Poll Parrot Little Poll Parrot "Little Poll Parrot" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20178.- Lyrics :Like Little Miss Muffet and Little Jack Horner the verse is an example of a nursery rhyme that contains six dactylic lines. The most common modern version of the lyrics is:"Little Poll... ' |
England | 1853 | |
| 'Little Robin Redbreast Little Robin Redbreast ‘Little Robin Redbreast’ is an English language nursery rhyme, chiefly notable as evidence of the way traditional rhymes are changed and edited. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20612.- Lyrics :... ' |
England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Little Tommy Tucker Little Tommy Tucker ‘Little Tommy Tucker’ is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19618.- Lyrics :Common modern versions include:*Was played by Russell Coles in Babes in Toyland ... ' |
England | c. 1744 | |
| 'London Bridge Is Falling Down London Bridge is Falling Down "London Bridge Is Falling Down" is a well-known traditional nursery rhyme and singing game, which is found in different versions all over the world. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 502.-Lyrics:... ' |
England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Lucy Locket Lucy Locket "Lucy Locket" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19536.-Lyrics:Common modern versions include:-Origins and meaning :... ' |
England or USA | 1842 | |
| 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' | USA | 1830 | |
| 'Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is a popular English nursery rhyme. The rhyme has been seen as having religious and historical significance, but its origins and meaning are disputed... ' |
England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Matthew, Mark, Luke and John "Matthew, Mark, Luke and John", also known as the "Black Paternoster", is an English language prayer and nursery rhyme traditionally said by children as they go to bed. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 1704... ' |
"Black Paternoster" | Britain | 1656 |
| 'Monday's Child Monday's Child ‘Monday's Child’ is one of many fortune-telling songs, popular as nursery rhymes for children. It is supposed to tell a child's character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days of the week. As with all nursery rhymes, there are many versions... ' |
England | 1838 | |
| 'Needles and Pins Needles and Pins (nursery rhyme) "Needles and Pins" is an English language proverb and nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20071.-Lyrics:Common modern versions include:... ' |
England | 1843 | |
| 'Nuts in May Nuts in May (rhyme) "Nuts in May" is a nursery rhyme often sung as a game with the aim of pairing a boy and girl from within the singers. It has a Roud index number of 6308.-Lyrics:... ' |
'Gathering Nuts in May' | England | 1894 |
| 'Old King Cole Old King Cole "Old King Cole" is an English nursery rhyme. The historical identity of King Cole has been much debated and several candidates have been advanced as possibilities... ' |
England | 1708-9 | |
| 'Old McDonald Had a Farm Old McDonald Had a Farm "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" is a children's song and nursery rhyme about a farmer named MacDonald and the various animals he keeps on his farm. Each verse of the song changes the name of the animal and its respective noise. In many versions, the song is cumulative, with the noises from all the... ' |
USA | 1917 | |
| 'Old Mother Hubbard Old Mother Hubbard "Old Mother Hubbard" is an English language nursery rhyme, first printed in 1805 and among the most popular publications of the nineteenth century. The exact origin and meaning of the rhyme is disputed... ' |
England | 1805 | |
| 'On Top of Old Smoky On Top of Old Smoky "On Top of Old Smoky" is a traditional folk song and a well-known ballad of the United States which, as recorded by The Weavers, reached the pop music charts in 1951.... ' |
"On Top of old Smokey" | USA | 1951 |
| 'One for Sorrow One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) "One for Sorrow" is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies one sees determines if one will have bad luck or not. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20096.-Lyrics:... ' |
Britain | c. 1780 | |
| 'One, Two, Buckle My Shoe One, Two, Buckle My Shoe "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" is a popular English language nursery rhyme and counting-out rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11284.-Lyrics:Common modern versions include:... ' |
England or USA | 1805 | |
| 'One, Two, Three, Four, Five One, Two, Three, Four, Five "One, two, three, four, five" is a popular English language nursery rhyme and counting-out rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13530.-Lyrics:Common modern versions include:... ' |
England | c. 1765 | |
| 'Oranges and Lemons Oranges and Lemons "Oranges and Lemons" is an English nursery rhyme and singing game which refers to the bells of several churches, all within or close to the City of London. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as #3190.-Lyrics:Common modern versions include:... ' |
England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man "Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man", "Pat-a-cake", "patty-cake" or "pattycake" is one of the oldest and most widely known surviving English nursery rhymes... ' |
"Pat-a-cake", "patty-cake" or "pattycake" | England | 1698 |
| 'Pease Porridge Hot Pease Porridge Hot "Pease Porridge Hot" or "Pease Pudding Hot" is a children's singing game and nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19631.-Lyrics:The lyrics to the rhyme are:... ' |
'Peas Porridge Hot' or 'Pease Pudding Hot' | England | c. 1765 |
| 'Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13497.-Lyrics:Common modern versions include:... ' |
USA? | c. 1825 | |
| 'Peter Piper Peter Piper "Peter Piper" is an English language nursery rhyme and well-known tongue twister. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19745.-Lyrics:Common modern versions include:-External links:* at Project Gutenberg... ' |
England | 1813 | |
| 'Polly Put the Kettle On Polly Put the Kettle On "Polly Put the Kettle On" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7899.-Lyrics:Common modern versions include:In middle-class families in the mid-eighteenth century "Sukey" was equivalent to "Susan" and Polly was a pet-form of Mary.The nursery rhyme is... ' |
England | 1803 | |
| 'Poor Mary Poor Mary "Poor Mary" or "Poor Jenny" is a popular English language nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 1377.-Lyrics:... ' |
'Poor Jenny' or 'Poor Sally' | England | 1880s |
| 'Pop Goes the Weasel Pop Goes the Weasel "Pop! Goes the Weasel" is an English language nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 5249.-Lyrics:There are many different versions of the lyrics to the song... ' |
England | 1850s | |
| 'Pretty Little Dutch Girl Pretty Little Dutch Girl "Pretty Little Dutch Girl" is a children's nursery rhyme, clapping game and jump-rope rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 12986.-Lyrics:... ' |
USA | 1940s | |
| 'The Queen of Hearts The Queen of Hearts (poem) "The Queen of Hearts" is a poem based on the characters found on playing cards, by an anonymous author, originally published with three lesser-known stanzas, "The King of Spades", "The King of Clubs", and "The Diamond King", in the British publication The European Magazine, no. 434, in April 1782... ' |
Britain | 1782 | |
| 'Pussy Cat Pussy Cat Pussy Cat Pussy Cat "Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 15094.-Lyrics:Common modern versions include:The earliest record of the rhyme is publication in Songs for the Nursery, printed in London in 1805. The Queen most often depicted in... ' |
Britain | 1805 | |
| 'Rain Rain Go Away Rain Rain Go Away "Rain Rain Go Away" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19096.-Lyrics:There are many versions and variations of this rhyming couplet. The most common modern version of is:-Origins:... ' |
England | 1659 | |
| 'Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross "Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross" is an English language nursery rhyme connected with the English town Banbury. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 21143.-Lyrics:Common modern versions include:Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,... ' |
England | 1784 | |
| 'Ring a Ring o' Roses' | 'Ring Around the Rosie' | England | 1881 |
| 'Rock-a-bye Baby Rock-a-bye Baby Rock-a-bye Baby is a nursery rhyme and lullaby. The melody is a variant of the English satirical ballad Lilliburlero. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 2768.-Lyrics:... ' |
England | c. 1765 | |
| 'Roses are red Roses are red "Roses are red" can refer to a specific poem, or a class of doggerel poems inspired by that poem. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19798. It is most commonly used as a love poem.The most common modern form of the poem is:... ' |
England | 1784 | |
| 'Round and round the garden Round and round the garden "Round and round the garden" is an English language nursery rhyme typically accompanied by a fingerplay. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19235.-Lyrics:The most common modern form of the poem is:LYRICS:"Round about there... ' |
Britain | 1940s | |
| 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat Row, Row, Row Your Boat "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" is an English language nursery rhyme, and a popular children's song, often sung as a round. It can also be an 'action' nursery rhyme where singers sit opposite one another and 'row' forwards and backwards with joined hands... ' |
USA | 1852 | |
| 'Rub A Dub Dub' | England | 1798 | |
| 'See Saw Margery Daw See Saw Margery Daw "See Saw Margery Daw" is a popular English language nursery rhyme, folksong and playground singing game. The rhyme first appeared in its modern form in Mother Goose's Melody, published in London in around 1765... ' |
Britain | c. 1765 | |
| 'Simple Simon Simple Simon (nursery rhyme) "Simple Simon" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19777.-Lyrics:The rhyme is as follows;*Simple Simon was played by Charley Rogers in Babes in Toyland .... ' |
England | 1764 | |
| 'Sing a Song of Sixpence Sing a Song of Sixpence Sing a Song of Sixpence is a well-known English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century. It is also listed in the Roud folk song index as number 13191.-Lyrics:... ' |
England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy "Solomon Grundy" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19299.-Lyrics:The rhyme has varied very little since it was first collected by James Orchard Halliwell and published in 1842 with the lyrics:* The premiere of Sesame Street features a Solomon Grundy... ' |
Britain | 1842 | |
| 'Star Light, Star Bright Star Light, Star Bright "Star Light, Star Bright" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16339.-Lyrics:The lyrics usually conform to the following:-References in popular culture:... ' |
USA | late 19thC | |
| 'Taffy was a Welshman Taffy was a Welshman "Taffy was a Welshman" is an English language nursery rhyme with anti-Welsh lyrics, which was popular in England between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19237.-Lyrics:Versions of this rhyme vary... ' |
England | c. 1780 | |
| 'Ten Little Indians Ten Little Indians "Ten Little Indians" is a children's rhyme. The song is usually performed to the Irish folk tune "Michael Finnegan". It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 13512.-Lyrics:The modern lyrics are believed to be public domain and are as follows:... ' |
USA | 1868 | |
| 'The Farmer in the Dell The Farmer in the Dell "The Farmer in the Dell" is a singing game, nursery rhyme and children's song. It probably originated in Germany, and was brought to North America by immigrants. From there it spread to many other nations and is popular in a number of languages. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of... ' |
'The Farmer's in his Den' | Germany | 1820 |
| 'The Grand Old Duke of York The Grand Old Duke of York ‘The Grand Old Duke of York’ is an English children's nursery rhyme, often performed as an action song. The Duke of the title has been argued to be a number of the holders of that office, particularly Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany and its lyrics have become proverbial for futile action... ' |
'The Noble Duke of York' | England | 1642 |
| 'The Lion and the Unicorn The Lion and the Unicorn The Lion and the Unicorn are symbols of the United Kingdom. They are, properly speaking, heraldic supporters appearing in the full Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom. The lion stands for England and the unicorn for Scotland... ' |
England | 1708-9 | |
| 'The Muffin Man The Muffin Man "The Muffin Man" is a traditional nursery rhyme or children's song of English origin. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7922.-Lyrics:The most widely known lyrics are as follows:Do [or "Oh, do"] you know the muffin man,... ' |
England | c. 1820 | |
| 'There Was a Crooked Man There Was a Crooked Man There Was a Crooked Man is a nursery rhyme. The phrase can also refer to:*There Was a Crooked Man..., a 1970 western film starring Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda*There Was a Crooked Man , featuring Norman Wisdom... ' |
Britain | 1842 | |
| 'There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe "There Was an Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19132.-Lyrics:The most common version of the rhyme is:There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.... ' |
England | 1794 | |
| 'There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a Hill There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a Hill "There was an old woman lived under a hill" is a nursery rhyme which dates back to at least its first known printing in 1714. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 797.-Text:... ' |
England | 1714 | |
| 'Three Wise Men of Gotham' | England | c. 1765 | |
| 'This Is The House That Jack Built This Is the House That Jack Built "This Is the House That Jack Built" is a popular British nursery rhyme and cumulative tale. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20584. It is Aarne-Thompson type 2035.-Lyrics:This is perhaps the most common set of modern lyrics:... ' |
England | 1755 | |
| 'This Little Piggy This Little Piggy "This Little Piggy" or "This little pig" is an English language nursery rhyme and fingerplay. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19297.-Lyrics:The most common modern version is:-Origins:... ' |
'This Little Pig' | England | c. 1760 |
| 'This Old Man This Old Man "This Old Man" is an English language children's song, counting and nursery rhyme with a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3550.-Origins and history:The origins of this song are obscure... ' |
England | 1906 | |
| 'Three Blind Mice Three Blind Mice Three Blind Mice is an English nursery rhyme and musical round. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3753.-Lyrics:The modern words are:-Variations and uses:Amateur music composer Thomas Oliphant noted in 1843 that:... ' |
England | 1609 | |
| 'Three Little Kittens Three Little Kittens "Three Little Kittens" is an English language nursery rhyme, probably with roots in the British folk tradition. The rhyme as published today however is a sophisticated piece usually attributed to American poet Eliza Lee Cabot Follen . With the passage of time, the poem has been absorbed into the... ' |
USA | 1853 | |
| 'Tinker, Tailor Tinker, Tailor "Tinker Tailor" is a counting game, nursery rhyme and fortune telling song traditionally played in England, that can be used to count cherry stones, buttons, daisy petals and other items... ' |
England | 1695 | |
| 'To market, to market' | England | 1611 | |
| 'Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19621.-Lyrics:Modern versions of the rhyme include:... ' |
Britain | 1795 | |
| 'Tweedledum and Tweedledee Tweedledum and Tweedledee Tweedledum and Tweedledee are fictional characters in an English language nursery rhyme and in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Their names may have originally come from an epigram written by poet John Byrom. The nursery rhyme has a Roud Folk Song Index number... ' |
Britain | 1805 | |
| 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Twinkle Twinkle Little Star "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is a popular English nursery rhyme. The lyrics are from an early nineteenth-century English poem, "The Star" by Jane Taylor. The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann... ' |
Britain | 1806 | |
| 'Two Little Dickie Birds Two Little Dickie Birds "Two Little Dickie Birds" is an English language nursery rhyme and fingerplay. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16401.-Lyrics:Modern versions of the lyrics include:... ' |
Britain | c. 1765 | |
| 'Wee Willie Winkie Wee Willie Winkie "Wee Willie Winkie" is a Scottish nursery rhyme, whose titular figure has become popular the world over as a personification of sleep. The poem, written by William Miller and titled "Willie Winkie", was first published in Whistle-binkie: Stories for the Fireside in 1841... ' |
Scotland | 1841 | |
| 'What Are Little Boys Made Of? What are Little Boys Made of? "What Are Little Boys Made Of?" is a popular nursery rhyme dating from the early nineteenth century. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 821.-Lyrics:Here is a representative modern version of the lyrics:... ' |
'What Are Little Girls Made Of?' | Britain | c. 1820 |
| 'Who Killed Cock Robin? Cock Robin "Who Killed Cock Robin" is an English nursery rhyme, which has been much used as a murder archetype in world culture. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 494.-Lyrics:... ' |
England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Wind The Bobbin Up Wind The Bobbin Up "Wind The Bobbin Up" is an English language children's nursery rhyme and singing game.- Lyrics :Among modern lyrics is:"Wind The Bobbin Up" is an English language children's nursery rhyme and singing game.- Lyrics :Among modern lyrics is:... ' |
England | 1890s |