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Nursery Rhymes

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

Two legs sat upon three legsLittle Jack Horner
Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snailThe fox and the farmer
Bow, wow, wowGeorgie Porgie
He that would thriveValentine, oh, valentine
As I went to BonnerSee Saw Margery Daw
When i was a bachelor, i lived by myselfTo market, to market, a gallop, a trot
One misty moisty morningThere was a jolly miller
Rain, Rain, go to SpainLittle Tommy Tittlemouse
Multiplication is vexationDoctor Foster
Sing a song of sixpenceLittle blue betty lived in a lane
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a HillLittle polly flinders
For every evil under the sunI had a little dog, they called him buff
Up hill and down daleGreat A, little A
Twinkle Twinkle Little StarDickery, dickery, dock
Ding Dong BellSnail, snail, come put out your horn
Poor dog brightJack Sprat could eat no fat
Hot-cross BunsThere was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
Tom Thumb's AlphabetJack and Jill went up the hill
Young Lambs to sellLet us go to the wood, says this pig
Tommy kept a chandler's shopOld King Cole
Barber, barber, shave a pigI had a little pony
There Was a Crooked ManLittle Tom Tucker
There was an old woman toss'd up in a basketThe north wind doth blow
Nievie, nievie, nicknackTo make your candles last for a

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