Nursery Rhymes Index

A A DRY MARCH, WET APRIL, AND COOL MAY A DUCK, A DRAKE, A BARLEY CAKE A LITTLE BOY WENT INTO THE BARN A NEW MOON AND A WINDY NIGHT A SOUL, A SOUL, A SOUL CAKE A SOUL CAKE, A SOUL CAKE A SUNSHINY SHOWER A SWARM OF BEES IN MAY ACORN CUP AND ASHEN KEY ALL AROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH ALL HAIL TO THE MOON! ALL HAIL TO THEE! AN EVEN ASH IS IN MY HAND ANGEL OF GOD, MY GUARDIAN DEAR APRIL SHOWERS ARE YOU A WITCH OR ARE YOU A FAIRY? AS I GO ROUND RING BY RING AS I WAS GOING TO BANBURY AS I WAS GOING TO SAINT IVES AS THE DAYS BEGIN TO LENGTHEN (AFTER YULE)

B BAH, BAH, BLACK SHEEP BAT! BAT! BELL HORSES, BELL HORSES BEWARE THE OAK BLACK CAT, I DO PRAY BLACK-LUGGIE, HAMMER HEAD BLOW, WIND, BLOW! BONFIRE NIGHT, THE STARS ARE BRIGHT BOW-WOW-WOW

C CAKE-CAKE-CAKE CAN YOU MAKE ME A CAMBRIC SHIRT CERTAIN AND TRUE COCKY ROBIN GOT UP EARLY COLD AND RAW, THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW COLD IS THE NIGHT CLEAR MOON CLIMB I BACKWARDS INTO MY BED COME, BUTTER, COME CRISS CROSS, APPLESAUSE CRISS-CROSS, DOUBLE CROSS CUPID AIMED HIS BOW AND ARROW CUT THEM ON MONDAY, CUT THEM FOR HEALTH (TRIMMING FINGERNAILS)

D DAFFY-DOWN-DILLY IS NEW COME TO TOWN (SPRING, VERNAL EQUINOX) DE JUNE-BUG'S GOT DE GOLDEN WING DIDDLE, DIDDLE, DUMPLING, MY SON, JOHN DING, DONG, BELL DOCTOR FAUSTUS WAS A DEVIL OF A MAN DON'T SING OUT 'FORE BREAKFAST

E EARLY TO BED AND EARLY TO RISE EAT HEARTY, SLEEP TIGHT ELIZABETH, ELSPETH, BETSY, AND BESS

F FAERY, GOBLIN, ELF, AND SPRITE THE FAIR MAID WHO, THE FIRST OF MAY FATHER YULE COMES BUT ONE A YEAR THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER FIND A COIN AND PICK IT UP FIVE LITTLE BLACK CATS FIVE LITTLE PUMPKINS FOUR CORNERS TO MY BED FOUR CORNERS TO MY BED FOR EVERY EVIL UNDER THE SUN FOR WANT OF A NAIL, THE SHOE WAS LOST FRIDAY NIGHT'S DREAM FROM GHOULIES AND GHOSTIES

G GIRLS AND BOYS, COME OUT TO PLAY GOD BLESS THE MISTRESS OF THIS HOUSE (YULE) GOOD FORTUNE ON YOU WILL NOD GOOD MORROW FOR ST. VALENTINE GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT GOOD VALENTINE, BE KIND TO ME GUDE MASTER AND MISSUS A SITTIN' BY THE FIRE (ROBIN REDBREAST WASSAIL) GOOSEY, GOOSEY, GANDER GRASS SEED I SOW, GRASS SEED I MOW GREEN IS GOLD (MIDSUMMER)

H HAIL! HAIL! LONSOME TURKEY-BUZZARD HE LOVES ME (PLUCKING PETALS) HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH "HI" SAID THE LITTLE LEATHERWING BAT HICKORY, DICKORY, DOCK HALLOWE'ENS COMIN' ON HAVE YOU SEEN THE GHOST OF TOM? HERE I AM HEY! DIDDLE, DIDDLE HEY-HO FOR HALLOWEEN HEY, HO, NOBODY HOME HICKUP, HICKUP, GO AWAY! HICKUP, SNICUP HOP-TU-NAA (JINNIE THE WITCH) HORSE AND HATTOCK HOT-CROSS BUNS! HOW MANY MILES TO AVALON? HUZZAH! BRAVE BOYS , BEHOLD THE GUY

I I AM THE WEE FALORIE MAN I'VE BEEN A-WANDERING ALL THE NIGHT (MAY DAY CAROL) I PLACE MY SHOES LIKE A LETTER T I TIE MY GARTER IN TWO KNOTS I PEAL THIS APPLE ROUND AND AGAIN I CAN MAKE SWEET-BREAD I CROSS THE MAGPIE I HAD A LITTLE HEN, THE FINEST EVER SEEN I HAD A LITTLE NUT-TREE, NOTHING WOULD IT BEAR I HAD A LITTLE PONY I HAD A LITTLE POPPET I HAD TWO PIGEONS WHITE AND GRAY I WIND, I WIND (RED STRING AROUND THE WRIST) IF BEES STAY AT HOME IF CANDLEMAS DAY IS BRIGHT AND CLEAR IF GROUNDHOG'S DAY IS FAIR AND BRIGHT IF THE CAT WASHES HER FACE O'ER THE EAR IF THE WIND'S I' TH' EAST OF EASTER DAY IF YOU SNEEZE ON MONDAY, YOU SNEEZE FOR DANGER IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING I SEE THE MOON (1#) I SEE THE MOON (2#) I SEE THE MOON AND THE MOON SEES ME I SAW THREE SHIPS COME SAILING BY

J JACK AND JILL WENT UP THE HILL JACK, BE NIMBLE JACK O' THE LANTERN, JOAN THE WAD JERRY HALL JINX MINX JUMPING JOAN DO NOT TIRE

K KATHY, KATIE, KATHRYN, KATE

L LADY BUG, LADY BUG, FLY AWAY HOME LAST HALLOW EVE LAVENDER'S BLUE, DILLY DILLY, ROSEMARY'S GREEN LITTLE BLUE BEN, WHO LIVES IN THE GLEN LITTLE BO PEEP HAS LOST HER SHEEP LITTLE BOY BLUE LITTLE JACK HORNER LITTLE ELLA FLINDERS THE LITTLE GOATS LITTLE ROBIN-REDBREAST SAT UPON A TREE LITTLE MISS MUFFET LITTLE MS. TUCKET LITTLE PEA, PERRI RUE (PULLING TOES) LITTLE TOMMY TUCKER THE LITTLE WREN, OUR LADY'S HEN LUNA, EVERY WOMAN'S FRIEND

M THE MAN IN THE MOON CAME TUMBLING DOWN MARCH WINDS MARRY IN MAY MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN (#1) MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN (#2) MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN (HOLD THIS HORSE) MEENA, DEENA, DEINA, DUSS MERRY HAVE WE MET, AND MERRY HAVE WE BEEN MONDAY'S CHILD IS FAIR OF FACE

N NEEDLES AND PINS, NEEDLES AND PINS NOW GIVE THE OLD GUY A PENNY

O OATS AND BEANS AND BARLEY GROWS OH, DO YOU KNOW THE MUFFIN MAN OH APPLE TREE, WE'LL WASSAIL THEE OH, I WENT DOWN SOUTH FOR TO SEE MY GAL OH, THE BIG SHIP SAILS DOWN THE ALLEY-ALLEY-OH OH, THE WREN, OH, THE WREN, THE KING OF ALL BIRDS OLD KING COLE OLD KING GLORY ON THE MOUNTAIN OLD MOTHER GOOSE OLD NANNY WITCH ON THE FIRST OF MARCH ONE I LOVE (COUNTING ORANGE SEEDS) ONE IS A MESSAGE (COUNTING CROWS) ONE IS FOR SAD NEWS (COUNTING CROWS) ONE IS NEWS (COUNTING CROWS OR MAGPIES) ONE LEAF IS FOR FAME ONE, SIGN O' ANGER (COUNTING MAGPIES) ONE SNOWY, MISTY MORNING ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE ONE FOR THE MOUSE (PLANTING CORN) ONE, TWO ONE'S MY LOVE (COUNTING APPLE SEEDS) OUR VERNAL SIGNS THE RAM BEGINS

P PALE MOON DOTH RAIN PAT-A-CAKE, PAT-A-CAKE, BAKER'S MAN PEANUT SITTIN' ON A RAIL ROAD TRACK PEAS-PORRAGE HOT PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS PHOEBE IN HER PETTICOAT POLLY PERKINS POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON THE PROVERBS TEACH AND COMMON FOLK SAY PUNCH AND JUDY PUSSY-CAT, PUSSY-CAT, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

Q QUEEN ARAJA, QUEEN ARAJA, DANCE TO A TUNE THE QUEEN OF HEARTS

R RAIN BEFORE SEVEN RAIN ON THE GREEN GRASS RAIN ON THE HOUSETOP RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY RED SKY AT NIGHT REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER RIDE A COCK-HORSE TO BANBURY CROSS RIDE A GREY HORSE TO BANBURY CROSS RING-A-RING' ROSES RING AROUND THE ROSY ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN ROSEMARY GREEN ROSES ARE RED ROWAN-TREE AND RED THREAD RUB-A-DUB-DUB

S SAINT AGNES THAT'S TO LOVERS KIND SALLY GO ROUND THE MOON SALLY GO ROUND THE SUN SAINT SWITHIN'S DAY, IF THOU DOST RAIN SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP SEE, SAW, MARGERIE DAW SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE SIX LITTLE MICE SAT DOWN TO SPIN SNICKUP, HICKUP SNOW, SNOW FASTER SUMMER IS A-COME IN SUMER IS ICUMEN IN STARLIGHT, STAR BRIGHT

T TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR TERENCE MAC DIDDLER THE BOUGHS DO SHAKE AND THE BELLS DO RING THE MOON SHINES BRIGHT THE RAM, THE BULL, THE STARRY TWINS THE ROBIN AND THE WREN THE ROSE IS RED THE ROSE IS RED, THE GRASS IS GREEN THERE CAME AN OLD LADY FRANCE THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN ALL SKIN AND BONES THERE WAS A JOLLY MILLER, WHO LIVED BY HIMSELF THERE WAS A JOLLY MILLER ONCE THERE WAS A LITTLE GUINEA-PIG THERE WAS A WITCH OF THESSALY THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN SAT SPINNING THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN TOSS'D UP IN A BASKET THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE THERE WERE SEVEN FAERIES IN THE WOOD THERE WERE TWO BLACKBIRDS THIRTY DAYS HATH SEPTEMBER THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO MARKET (PULLING TOES) THIS ONE I LOVE ALL OTHERS ABOVE THOU ART MY LOVE AND I AM THINE THREE BLIND MICE, SEE HOW THEY RUN! THREE GRAY GEESE THREE LITTLE KITTENS THREE WITCHES OF DUNWELL TINKER, TAILOR TOBACCO REEK! TOBACCO REEK! TOM, TOM, THE PIPER'S SON TO MARKET, TO MARKET, TO BUY A FAT PIG TOMATOES, SPINACH, CARROTS, PEAS TRINKA FIVE TRINKA FIVE TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR TWO HAZEL NUTS I THREW INTO THE FLAME

V VALENTINE, OH, VALENTINE VINTERY, MINTERY, CUTLERY, CORN

W WEE WILLE WINKIE RUNS THROUGH THE TOWN THE WEST WIND ALWAYS BRINGS WET WEATHER WHEN SEAGULLS FLY TO LAND WHEN STARS SHINE CLEAR AND BRIGHT WHEN THE WIND IS IN THE EAST WHO GOES ROUND THE HOUSE THIS NIGHT? WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? WILD-FIRE AND THE DRAGON

Y YANKEE DOODLE WENT TO TOWN YEOW MUSSENT SING B'FORE BREAKFAST YULE'S GOOD ON YULE EVEN YULE IS COME, AND YULE IS GONE

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