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Nursery Rhymes

All of the lyrics to the most traditional nursery rhymes with their origins, history and meanings.

Bah, bah, black sheepWhere are you going to, my pretty Maid?
When little fred went to bedWhen i was a bachelor, i lived by myself
As I went to BonnerLittle Tommy Tucker
The old woman must stand at the tub, tub, tubTommy kept a chandler's shop
The north wind doth blowHickety, pickety, my black hen
Barber, barber, shave a pigOld mother Hubbard
Hey Diddle DiddleTo market, to market, a gallop, a trot
Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy and BessA, B, C, tumble down D
As Tommy Snooks and Bessy BrooksAs I was going along, long, long
There was an old woman, and what do you thinkHush-a-bye, baby
The fox and the farmerSimple Simon
My lady Wind, my lady WindPat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
Dance to your daddyThere was a jolly miller
See, saw, Margery DawI Love Little Pussy
My little old man and I fell outHushy baby, my doll, I pray you don't cry
There was a little man, and he had a little gunHey! diddle, diddle
Little Jack HornerTo market, to market, to buy a fat pig
Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snailI had a little dog, they called him buff
Young Lambs to sellThere was an old woman called Nothing-at-all
Hot-cross BunsPease-pudding hot
Jack and Jill went up the hillOld father Graybeard
As I was going up Pippen-hillThere was an owl lived in an oak
Little girl, little girl, where have you beenThere Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a Hill
A frog he would a-wooing goValentine, oh, valentine

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