The Nursery Rhyme BookA collection of 332 nursery rhymes grouped under such categories as "Historical," "Tales," "Proverbs," "Songs," "Games," and "Jingles." |
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O NE , two , Buckle my shoe ; Three , four , Shut the door ; Five , six , Pick up
sticks ; Seven , eight , Lay them straight ; Nine , ten , A good fat hen ; Eleven ,
twelve , Who will delve ? Thirteen , fourteen , Maids a - courting ; Fifteen , sixteen
, Maids ...
O NE , two , Buckle my shoe ; Three , four , Shut the door ; Five , six , Pick up
sticks ; Seven , eight , Lay them straight ; Nine , ten , A good fat hen ; Eleven ,
twelve , Who will delve ? Thirteen , fourteen , Maids a - courting ; Fifteen , sixteen
, Maids ...
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... at the door ; And when the door begins to crack , It's like a stick across your
back ; And when your back begins to smart , It's like a penknife in your heart ; And
when your heart begins to bleed , You're dead , and dead , and dead , indeed .
... at the door ; And when the door begins to crack , It's like a stick across your
back ; And when your back begins to smart , It's like a penknife in your heart ; And
when your heart begins to bleed , You're dead , and dead , and dead , indeed .
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A stick in his hand , a stone in his throat , if you'll tell me this riddle , I'll give you a
groat . [ A cherry . AS S I was going o'er Westminster bridge , I met with a
Westminster scholar ; He pulled off his cap , an ' drew off his glove , And wished
me a ...
A stick in his hand , a stone in his throat , if you'll tell me this riddle , I'll give you a
groat . [ A cherry . AS S I was going o'er Westminster bridge , I met with a
Westminster scholar ; He pulled off his cap , an ' drew off his glove , And wished
me a ...
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... So he jump'd into a club - stick ; The club - stick was over - narrow , So he jump'
d into a wheel - barrow ; The wheel - barrow began to crack , So he jump'd on to
a hay - stack ; The hay - stack began to blaze , So he did nothing but cough and ...
... So he jump'd into a club - stick ; The club - stick was over - narrow , So he jump'
d into a wheel - barrow ; The wheel - barrow began to crack , So he jump'd on to
a hay - stack ; The hay - stack began to blaze , So he did nothing but cough and ...
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Two sticks and an apple , Say the bells at Whitechapel . Old Father Baldpate ,
Say the slow bells at Aldgate . You owe me ten shillings , Say the bells at St.
Helen's . Pokers and tongs , Say the bells at St. John's . Kettles and pans , Say
the bells ...
Two sticks and an apple , Say the bells at Whitechapel . Old Father Baldpate ,
Say the slow bells at Aldgate . You owe me ten shillings , Say the bells at St.
Helen's . Pokers and tongs , Say the bells at St. John's . Kettles and pans , Say
the bells ...
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Popular passages
Page 67 - A MAN of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds...
Page 151 - OLD Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone: But when she got there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.
Page 80 - Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them; Leave them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them.
Page 160 - Brickbats and tiles, Say the bells of St. Giles'. Halfpence and farthings, Say the bells of St. Martin's. Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of St. Clement's. Pancakes and fritters, Say the bells of St. Peter's. Two sticks and an apple, Say the bells at Whitechapel.
Page 40 - One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; Nine, ten, A good fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve?
Page 19 - OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.
Page 239 - That kissed the maiden all forlorn That milked the cow with the crumpled horn That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Page 227 - COME, take up your hats, and away let us haste To the Butterfly's ball and the Grasshopper's feast ; The trumpeter Gadfly has summoned the crew, And the revels are now only waiting for you.
Page 104 - The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, All on a summer day: The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, And took them quite away!
Page 229 - Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Nursery Rhyme Book Volume 19, Issue 421 of Opie collection of children's literature |
| Editor | Andrew Lang |
| Illustrated by | Leonard Leslie Brooke |
| Publisher | F. Warne and Company, 1897 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 18 Nov 2005 |
| Length | 288 pages |
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