The Nursery Rhyme BookAndrew Lang A collection of 332 nursery rhymes grouped under such categories as "Historical," "Tales," "Proverbs," "Songs," "Games," and "Jingles." |
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... lived at a place called Mells , in Somerset , in the time of Henry VIII . The plum he got was an estate which had belonged to the priests . I find nobody else here about whom history teaches us till we come to Dr. Faustus . He was not ...
... lived at a place called Mells , in Somerset , in the time of Henry VIII . The plum he got was an estate which had belonged to the priests . I find nobody else here about whom history teaches us till we come to Dr. Faustus . He was not ...
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... lived in a well , and how he married a King's daughter and was changed into a beautiful Prince , there is a fairy tale which an industrious child ought to read . The frog in the rhyme is not nearly so lucky . Then No- After these rhymes ...
... lived in a well , and how he married a King's daughter and was changed into a beautiful Prince , there is a fairy tale which an industrious child ought to read . The frog in the rhyme is not nearly so lucky . Then No- After these rhymes ...
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... lived , so they built a bower in a wood , far off the town . But their lovers came to see them in the bower , and brought the infection of the plague , and they both died . There is a little churchyard and a ruined church in Scotland ...
... lived , so they built a bower in a wood , far off the town . But their lovers came to see them in the bower , and brought the infection of the plague , and they both died . There is a little churchyard and a ruined church in Scotland ...
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... 143 • 145 • 146 • 147 149 · 151 • 153 155 159 Title ( Gaffers and Gammers ) There was an old woman lived under a hill She had so many children she didn't know what to do He was dancing a jig Title ( Games ) There Illustrations 25.
... 143 • 145 • 146 • 147 149 · 151 • 153 155 159 Title ( Gaffers and Gammers ) There was an old woman lived under a hill She had so many children she didn't know what to do He was dancing a jig Title ( Games ) There Illustrations 25.
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... lived in an alley Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks Jack Sprat could eat no fat Betwixt them both , they lick'd the platter clean There I met a pretty miss Here comes a lusty wooer Page • 165 167 169 · 174 • 177 • 183 · 185 187 · 187 187 ...
... lived in an alley Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks Jack Sprat could eat no fat Betwixt them both , they lick'd the platter clean There I met a pretty miss Here comes a lusty wooer Page • 165 167 169 · 174 • 177 • 183 · 185 187 · 187 187 ...
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beat dog began bells of St bird bite pig Bumpety burn stick butcher carrion crow Charley Cock me cary Cock-a-doodle-doo Copyright 1897 cou'd crooked daldin Dame Dance o'er ding Dog won't bite ducks eggs Fire won't burn Fol de riddle frog gay lady gone goose H Game heigh hill home to-night house that Jack ITTLE Jack built Johnny jump'd kill'd the rat King King of France Kitty Lady Lee legs little boy little dog little farther little girl malt married merry merrymen mouse nursery rhymes o'er my Lady old woman penny Petrum piper's son poor pretty maid Pussy pussy-cat quoth Rat won't ride roaring bull Robin Say the bells she's too young shoe silver Simple Simon sing Sneeze Stick won't beat stile Taffy tail thee thou Thumbkin town wife wind worried the cat
Popular passages
Page 79 - A MAN of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds...
Page 163 - 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 31 - 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 92 - 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 52 - 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 116 - 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 58 - Simple Simon met a pieman, Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware." Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny," Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Indeed, I have not any.
Page 67 - OLD Mother Goose, when She wanted to wander, Would ride through the air On a very fine gander. Mother Goose had a house, Twas built in a wood, Where an owl at the door For sentinel stood.
Page 253 - AN old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked sixpence. " What," said she, " shall I do with this little sixpence ? I will go to market, and buy a little pig.
Page 172 - Bull's eyes and targets, Say the bells of St. Marg'ret's. Brickbats and tiles, Say the bells of St. Giles'. Half-pence 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.