Feb 8, 2010

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Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been?


Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been?
I've been to London to look at the queen.
Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you there?
I frightened a little mouse under the chair.


Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall


Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
Threescore men and threescore more,
Cannot place Humpty dumpty as he was before.


Baa baa Black Sheep


Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, marry, have I,
Three bags full;
One for my master,
And one for my dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives in the lane.


Ding Dong Bell


Ding, dong, bell,
Pussy's in the well!
Who put her in?
Little Tommy Green.
Who pulled her out?
Big Johnny Stout.

What a naughty boy was that,
To drown poor pussy-cat,
Who never did him any harm,
But killed the mice in his father's barn!

Jack and Jill



Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down, and broke his crown,
And Jll came tumbling after.

Feb 4, 2010

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Wee Willie Winkie

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Up stairs and down stairs in his night-gown,
Tapping at the window, crying at the lock,
Are the children in their bed, for it's past ten o'clock?

Hey, Willie Winkie, are you coming in?
The cat is singing purring sounds to the sleeping hen,
The dog's spread out on the floor, and doesn't give a cheep,
But here's a wakeful little boy who will not fall asleep!

Anything but sleep, you rogue! glowering like the moon,'
Rattling in an iron jug with an iron spoon,
Rumbling, tumbling round about, crowing like a cock,
Shrieking like I don't know what, waking sleeping folk.

Hey, Willie Winkie - the child's in a creel!
Wriggling from everyone's knee like an eel,
Tugging at the cat's ear, and confusing all her thrums
Hey, Willie Winkie - see, there he comes!"

Weary is the mother who has a dusty child,
A small short little child, who can't run on his own,
Who always has a battle with sleep before he'll close an eye
But a kiss from his rosy lips gives strength anew to me.

Kids here is a Scottish nursery rhyme "Wee Willie Winkie". The poem, written by William Miller and titled Willie Winkie, was first published in 1841.

Feb 3, 2010

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Blow wind blow And go mill go

Blow, wind, blow! And go, mill, go!
That the miller may grind his corn;
That the baker may take it,
And into bread make it,
And bring us a loaf in the morn.

Hickory dickory dock

Rhyme

Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory, dickory, dock.

I am only a baby


I am only a baby,
As you can see;
I can laugh - Ha! Ha! Ha!
I can cry Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
I know so did you,
When you were a baby too.

Feb 1, 2010

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Two Little Dickie Birds



Two little Dickie birds,
Sitting on a wall,
One named Peter,
The other named Paul.
Fly away, Peter!
Fly away, Paul!
Come back, Peter!
Come back, Paul!

"Two Little Dickie Birds" which was published in Mother Goose's Melody in London around 1765.