151 Nursery Rhymes

Half a pound of tuppenny rice,Half a pound of treacle;That’s the waythe money goes,Pop! goes the weasel.

Ten green bottlesSitting on the wallAnd if one green bottleShould accidentally fall;There’ll be nine green bottlesSitting on the wall.Nine green bottlesSitting on the wall…

“To bed, to bed!”Said Sleepy Head.“Tarry a while,”Said Slow.“Put on the pan,”Said Greedy Ann.“We’ll sup before we go.”

Jay-bird, jay-birdSittin’ on a rail,Pickin’ his teethWith the end of his tail;Mulberry leaves andCalico sleeves,All school teachers areHard to please.

Way down yonderIn the maple swamp;The wild geese gatherAnd the ganders honk.The mares kick upAnd the ponies prance;The old sow whistlesAnd the little pigs dance.

There was an old man,And he had a calf,And that’s half;He took him out of the stall,And put him on the wall,And that’s all.

See-saw, Sacradown,Which is the way to London Town?One foot up and one foot down,That’s the way to London Town.

Old John Muddlecombe,Lost his cap;He couldn’t find it anywhere,The poor old cap.He walked down the High Street,And everybody said;“Silly John Muddlecombe,You’ve got it on your head!”

When I was young and had no sense,I bought a fiddle for eighteen pence;And the only tune that I could play,Was “Over the Hills and Far Away.”

Have you seen the muffin man?The muffin man, the muffin man;Have you seen the muffin man,That lives in Drury Lane O?Yes, I’ve seen the muffin man,The muffin man, the muffin man;Yes, I’ve seen the muffin man,Who lives in Drury Lane O.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;All the King’s horsesAnd all the King’s men,Couldn’t put Humpty Dumptytogether again.

Dr. Foster went to Gloucester,In a shower of rain;He stepped in a puddle,Right up to his middle,And never went there again.

If wishes were horses,Beggars would ride;If turnips were watches,I’d wear one by my side.

I scream,You scream;We all scream,For ice cream!

Jingle bells, jingle bells,Jingle all the way;O what fun it is to ride,On a one-horse open sleigh.