Make Fun Of Life! - Nursery Rhymes

Love Me - I Love You

6/1/2025

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Love Me - I Love You

Love me - I love you,
     Love me, my baby;
Sing it high, sing it low,
     Sing it as may be.

Mother’s arms under you,
     Her eyes above you;
Sing it high, sing it low,
     Love me - I love you.

By Christina Rossetti: “Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book” (1872)

Two Blackbirds On A Hill

4/26/2025

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Two Blackbirds On A Hill

Two blackbirds,
     Sitting on a hill,
One named Jack,
     The other named Jill;
Fly away, Jack!
     Fly away, Jill!
Come again, Jack!
     Come again, Jill!

By Author Unknown

Nursery Rhymes

4/25/2025

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Star Light, Star Bright

Star light, star bright,
     The first star I see tonight.
I wish I may, I wish I might,
     Have the wish I wish tonight.

By Author Unknown
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Rain, Rain, Go Away

Rain, rain, go away,
     Come again another day,
          Little children want to play.

By Author Unknown

Hey Diddle, Diddle

Hey diddle, diddle!
     The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped,
     Over the moon.
The little dog laughed,
     To see such fun
And the dish ran away,
     With the spoon.

By Author Unknown
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Nursery rhymes are short, simple poems or songs for young children, created to pass on learning from adults to children in a fun, entertaining fashion.
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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
     How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
     And pretty maids all in a row.

By Mother Goose
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Hickory, Dickory, Dock

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

By Author Unknown
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Miss Jane

Miss Jane had a bag and a mouse was in it.
     She opened the bag, he was out in a minute.
The cat saw him jump and run under the table,
     And the dog said: “Catch him, Kitty, soon as you’re able.”

By Author Unknown
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Old Mother Goose, when
     She wanted to wander,
Would ride through the air
     On a very fine gander.
-Author Unknown

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn,
     The sheep’s in the meadow, the cow’s in the corn.
What! Is this the way you mind your sheep,
     Under the haystack fast asleep?

By Author Unknown
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Red Hen

Cluck, Cluck, red hen have you any eggs?
     Yes sir, yes sir, as many as your legs.
One for your breakfast, and one for your lunch.
     Come back tomorrow I’ll have another bunch.

By Author Unknown
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The term ‘nursery rhyme’ is commonly believed to have originated from the book “Rhymes for the Nursery” (1806) by sisters Jane Taylor and Ann Taylor.

Jack Whaley

Jack Whaley had a cow,
     And he had naught to feed her;
He took a pipe and played a tune,
     And bid the cow consider.

By Author Unknown: Jack Whaley (about 1725)
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Row, row, row your boat,
     Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
     Life is but a dream.

By Author Unknown

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Bring the hoop, and bring the ball,
     Come with happy faces all;
Let us make a merry ring,
     Talk and laugh, and dance and sing
Quickly, quickly, come away,
     For it is a pleasant day.
-Author Unknown: as published in Charles Walsh: “A Book of Nursery Rhymes” (1901)
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Tom he was a piper’s son,
     He learned to play when he was young;
But all the tune that he could play
     Was “Over the hills and far away.”
-Author Unknown: as published in J. O. Halliwell (James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (born James Orchard Halliwell (1820 - 1889))), editor: “The Nursery Rhymes of England: Collected Principally from Oral Tradition” (1843)
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Alison: Nursery rhymes . . .
Jackie: With what?

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Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush

Here we go round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, The mulberry bush.
Here we go round the mulberry bush, so early in the morning.

This is the way we wash our face, wash our face, wash our face
This is the way we wash our face, so early in the morning.

This is the way we comb our hair, comb our hair, comb our hair
This is the way we comb our hair, so early in the morning.

This is the way we brush our teeth, brush our teeth, brush our teeth
This is the way we brush our teeth so early in the morning.

This is the way we put on our clothes, put on our clothes, put on our clothes
This is the way we put on our clothes, so early in the morning.

Here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush
Here we go round the mulberry bush, so early in the morning.
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By Author Unknown

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Jack be nimble
    And Jack be quick,
And Jack jump over
    The candle-stick.
-Author Unknown

Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet
     Sat on a tuffet*,
Eating her curds and whey;
     There came a big spider,
Who sat down beside her
     And frightened Miss Muffet away.‍
‍*tuffet: a small grassy hill

By Author Unknown

Little Tommy Tucker
     Sings for his supper;
What shall we give him?
     White bread and butter.
-Author Unknown: “Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book” (about1744)
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Jack Sprat Could eat no fat,
     His wife could eat no lean;
And so, betwixt them both,
     They licked the platter clean.
-Author Unknown: a Mother Goose rhyme
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Some people claim that nursery rhymes have hidden meanings or references to tragic historic events; however, their claims are mostly baseless and possibly made for bad motives. It is better to ignore such people and their claims, and simply enjoy nursery rhymes as whimsical mini-fairy tales that allow parents and their youngsters to become better acquainted and for parents to teach youngsters in fun ways about words and sounds and their meanings and use.
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Little Girls

What are little girls made of?
     What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice and everything nice,
     That’s what little girls are made of.

ByAuthor Unknown

Little Boys

What are little boys made of?
     What are little boys made of?
Slugs and snails and puppy-dogs’ tails,
     That’s what little boys are made of.

By Author Unknown
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Nursery rhymes began as an oral, or spoken tradition, and were handed down from generation to generation across time. These early nursery rhymes existed with several variations of each of the individual rhymes, being recalled from memory, and sung or recited aloud, by adults to their children. Later, spoken nursery rhymes were recorded in written and illustrated collections, which became available as picture books.
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If wishes were horses,
     Beggars would ride.
If turnips were watches,
     I’d wear one by my side.
-Author Unknown
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Older nursery rhymes have some outdated words and expressions, as well as outdated grammatical constructs that are no longer in common use. Because some of their meanings have been lost to time, modern readers will likely interpret some nursery rhymes as nonsense or nonsensical, and that is perfectly fine.
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Black Sheep

Baa, baa, black sheep,
     Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
     Three bags full;
One for the master,
     And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy
     Who lives down the lane.

By Author Unknown

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Rock-A-Bye Baby

4/24/2025

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Rock-A-Bye Baby

Rock-a-bye baby on the treetop,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock,
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby, cradle and all.
Baby is drowsing cozy and fair,
Mother sits near in her rocking chair.
Forward and back the cradle she swings,
And though baby sleeps he hears what she sings,
From the high rooftops down to the sea.
No one’s as dear as baby to me,
Wee little fingers, eyes wide and bright,
Now sound asleep until morning light.

By Author Unknown

Old MacDonald Had A Farm - Traditional

4/23/2025

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Old MacDonald Had A Farm

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a cat, E-I-E-I-O.
With a mew-mew here and a mew-mew there,
Here a mew, there a mew, everywhere a mew-mew,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a chicken, E-I-E-I-O.
With a cluck-cluck here and a cluck-cluck there,
Here a cluck, there a cluck, everywhere a cluck-cluck,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O.
With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there,
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo-moo,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a dog, E-I-E-I-O.
With an arf-arf here and an arf-arf there,
Here an arf, there an arf, everywhere an arf-arf,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a donkey, E-I-E-I-O.
With a hee-haw here and a hee-haw there,
Here a hee, there a haw, everywhere a hee-haw,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a duck, E-I-E-I-O.
With a quack-quack here and a quack-quack there,
Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack-quack,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a goat, E-I-E-I-O.
With a naa-naa here and a naa-naa there,
Here an naa, there a naa, everywhere an naa-naa,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a horse, E-I-E-I-O.
With a neigh-neigh here and a neigh-neigh there,
Here a neigh, there a neigh, everywhere a neigh-neigh,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a hand, E-I-E-I-O.
With a how-do here and a how-do there,
Here a how, there a do, everywhere a how-do,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a honeybee, E-I-E-I-O.
With a buzz-buzz here and a buzz-buzz there,
Here a buzz, there a buzz, everywhere a buzz-buzz,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a pig, E-I-E-I-O.
With an oink-oink here and an oink-oink there,
Here an oink, there an oink, everywhere an oink-oink,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a sheep, E-I-E-I-O.
With a baa-baa here and a baa-baa there,
Here a baa, there a baa, everywhere a baa-baa,
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

By Author Unknown

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Row, Row, Row The Boat

4/22/2025

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Row, Row, Row The Boat

Row, row, row the boat
     Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
     Life is but a dream!

Row, row, row the boat
     Gently down the stream
If you see a crocodile
     Don’t forget to scream!

Row, row, row the boat
     Gently down the river
If you see a polar bear
     Don’t forget to shiver!

Row, row, row the boat
     Gently to the shore
If you see a lion
     Don’t forget to roar!

Row, row, row the boat
     Gently in the bath
If you see a spider
     Don’t forget to laugh!

Row, row, row the boat
     Gently as can be
’Cause if you’re not careful
     You’ll fall into the sea!

By Author Unknown

The Moon Lullaby

4/21/2025

The Moon Lullaby

I see the Moon.
     The Moon sees me.
God bless the Moon,
     And God bless me.

I see the stars.
     The stars see me.
God bless the stars,
     And God bless me.

I see the world.
     The world sees me.
God bless the world,
     And God bless me.

I know an angel
     Watches over me.
God bless the angels,
     And God bless me.

By Author Unknown

Bed-Time Song

4/20/2025

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Bed-Time Song

Sleep, my baby, while I sing
     Bed-time news of everything.
Chickens run to mother hen;
     Piggy curls up in the pen.
In the field, all tired with play,
     Quiet now the lambkins stay.
Kittens cuddle in a heap -
     Baby, too, must go to sleep!

Sleep, my baby, while I sing
     Bed-time news of everything.
Now the cows from pasture come;
     Bees fly home with drowsy hum.
Little birds are in the nest,
     Under mother-bird’s soft breast.
Over all soft shadows creep -
     Baby now must go to sleep.

Sleep, my baby, while I sing
     Bed-time news of everything.
Sleepy flowers seem to nod,
     Drooping toward the dewy sod;
While the big sun’s fading light
     Bids my baby dear good-night.
Mother loving watch will keep;
     Baby now must go to sleep.

By Emilie Poulsson

Anne Emilie Poulsson was born on 8 September 1853 in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, United States of America. She became a teacher for the blind at the Perkins School, a writer, a poet, and a translator of written works from Norwegian into English. Anne Emilie Poulsson passed on at 85 years of age on 18 March 1939.

My Black Hen

4/19/2025

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My Black Hen

Higgle-dee, piggle-dee, my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen;
Sometimes nine, and sometimes ten,
Higgle-dee, piggle-dee, my black hen.

By Author Unknown

Billy, Billy

4/18/2025

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Billy, Billy

“Billy, Billy, come and play,
While the sun shines bright as day.”

“Yes, my Polly, so I will,
For I love to please you still.”

“Billy, Billy, have you seen
Sam and Betsy on the green?”

“Yes, my Poll, I saw them pass,
Skipping o’er the new-mown grass.”

“Billy, Billy, come along,
And I will sing a pretty song.”

By Author Unknown

Wash On Monday

4/17/2025

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Wash On Monday

Wash on Monday,
Iron on Tuesday,
Bake on Wednesday,
Brew on Thursday,
Churn on Friday,
Mend on Saturday,
Go to meeting on Sunday.

By Author Unknown

The words of the rhyme ‘Wash on Monday’ reflect the English tradition of washing clothes on Mondays. When the women of the oceangoing vessel the Mayflower came ashore on Monday 13 November 1620, the first thing they did was the washing, bringing the English tradition to America.

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Mary's Lamb

4/16/2025

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Mary’s Lamb

Mary had a little lamb
     Its fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went
     The lamb was sure to go;
He followed her to school one day -
     That was against the rule,
It made the children laugh and play,
     To see a lamb at school.
And so the Teacher turned him out,
     But still he lingered near.
And waited patiently about,
     Till Mary did appear;
And then he ran to her, and laid
     His head upon her arm,
As if he said - ‘I’m not afraid -
     You’ll keep me from all harm.’
‘What makes the lamb love Mary so?’
     The eager children cry -
‘O, Mary loves the lamb, you know.’
     The Teacher did reply;
‘And you each gentle animal
     In confidence may bind,
And make them follow at your call,
     If you are always kind.’

By Sarah Hale: “Poems for Our Children” (1830)

Shown above is what is believed to be the true and original version of the poem “Mary’s Lamb.” When first published in 1830, it became an immediate success. It was printed on silk handkerchiefs and sold in Boston bookstores. Currier and Ives made a print of Mary and her lamb. Mrs. Hale later set the words to music and published it in her “School Song Book” (1834). The poem was published as a lesson in “The First Eclectic Reader” (1844), by its writer and editor, William Holmes McGuffey, without attribution to Sarah Josepha Hale, and so mistakenly became known as a ‘Mother Goose Rhyme.’ In 1877, Thomas Alva Edison made a phonograph recording, uttering the first ever recording of human speech, as “Mary had a little lamb.”

A variation of the poem exists as a nursery rhyme, shortened to eight lines and titled, “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” as shown below.

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,
   Its fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went
     The lamb was sure to go.

It followed her to school one day,
    Which was against the rule.
It made the children laugh and play
     To see a lamb at school.

By Author Unknown

Another variation of the poem exists as a song, as shown below.

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Lyrics:
Mary had a little lamb,
little lamb, little lamb,
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went,
and everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day
school one day, school one day,
It followed her to school one day, which was against the rules.
It made the children laugh and play,
laugh and play, laugh and play,
it made the children laugh and play to see a lamb at school.
And so the teacher turned it out,
turned it out, turned it out,
And so the teacher turned it out, but still it lingered near,
And waited patiently about,
patiently about, patiently about,
And waited patiently about till Mary did appear.
“Why does the lamb love Mary so?”
Love Mary so? Love Mary so?
“Why does the lamb love Mary so,” the eager children cry.
“Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know.”
The lamb, you know, the lamb, you know,
“Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know,” the teacher did reply.

By Author Unknown

Sarah Josepha Hale (maiden name Buell) was born on 24 October 1788 in Newport, New Hampshire, United States of America. She was a writer and an editor (1837 - 1877) for “Godey’s Lady Book” magazine, a poet, and a book author. She campaigned successfully to have Thanksgiving made into an American national holiday. Sarah Joseph Hale passed on at 90 years of age on 30 April 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Lullaby

4/15/2025

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Lullaby

     Lullaby, oh, lullaby!
Flowers are closed and lambs are sleeping;
     Lullaby, oh, lullaby!
Stars are up, the moon is peeping;
     Lullaby, oh, lullaby!
While the birds are silence keeping,
     Lullaby, oh, lullaby!
Sleep, my baby, fall a-sleeping,
     Lullaby, oh, lullaby!

By Christina G. Rossetti: “Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book” (1893), page 134

Christina Georgina Rossetti was born on 5 December 1830 in London, England. She became a poet. She is known for “Goblin Market” and “Remember,” among other works. Christina Georgina Rossetti passed on at 64 years of age on 29 December 1894 in London, England.

The Clever Hen

4/14/2025

The Clever Hen

I had a little hen, the prettiest ever seen,
She washed me the dishes and kept the house clean;
She went to the mill to fetch me some flour,
She brought it home in less than an hour;
She baked me my bread, she brewed me my ale,
She sat by the fire and told many a fine tale.

By Author Unknown

All The Pretty Horses

4/12/2025

All The Pretty Horses

Hush-a-bye don’t you cry,
     Go to sleep-y, little baby.
When you wake you shall have
     All the pretty little horses.
Blacks and bays, dapple grays,
     Coach and six white horses.
Hush-a-bye don’t you cry,
     Go to sleep-y, little baby.

By Author Unknown

Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

2/12/2020

There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

There was an old woman
     who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children
    she didn’t know what to do;
She gave them some broth
    without any bread;
Then whipped them all soundly
    and put them to bed.

by Author Unknown: as published in Joseph Ritson (1752 - 1803), author and editor: “Gammer Gurton’s Garland, or the Nursery Parnassus” (1784)

The Farmer in the Dell

11/30/2018

The Farmer in the Dell ¹

The farmer in the dell,
     The farmer in the dell,
Heigh-ho, the Derry-o, ²
     The farmer in the dell.

The farmer takes a wife,
     The farmer takes a wife,
Heigh-ho, the Derry-o,
     The farmer takes a wife.

The wife takes the child,
     The wife takes the child,
Heigh-ho, the Derry-o,
     The wife takes the child.

The child takes the nurse,
     The child takes the nurse,
Heigh-ho, the Derry-o,
     The child takes the nurse.

The nurse takes the cow,
     The nurse takes the cow,
Heigh-ho, the Derry-o,
     The nurse takes the cow.

The cow takes the dog,
     The cow takes the dog,
Heigh-ho, the Derry-o,
     The cow takes the dog.

The dog takes the cat,
     The dog takes the cat,
Heigh-ho, the Derry-o,
     The dog takes the cat.

The cat takes the mouse,
     The cat takes the mouse,
Heigh-ho, the Derry-o,
     The cat takes the mouse.

The mouse takes the cheese,
     The mouse takes the cheese,
Heigh-ho, the Derry-o,
     The mouse takes the cheese.

The cheese stands alone,
     The cheese stands alone,
Heigh-ho, the Derry-o,
     The cheese stands alone.

by Author Unknown

¹ Dell: A wooded valley.

² Derry: Officially called Londonderry, it is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-largest city on the island of Ireland. Despite the official name being Londonderry, the city is commonly called by the shorter ‘Derry,’ which is an Anglicization of the Old Irish ‘Daire’ (modern Irish ‘Doire’), which translates as ‘oak-grove’ or ‘oak-wood.’ The name is derived from the settlement’s earliest name ‘Daire Calgaich’ meaning ‘oak-grove of Calgach.’

Humpty Dumpty’s Song

10/6/2018

Humpty Dumpty’s Song

In winter, when the fields are white,
     I sing this song for your delight.

In Spring, when woods are getting green,
     I’ll try and tell you what I mean.

In Summer, when the days are long,
     Perhaps you’ll understand the song.

In Autumn, when the leaves are brown,
     Take pen and ink, and write it down.

I sent a message to the fish:
     I told them, “This is what I wish.”

The little fishes of the sea,
     They sent an answer back to me.

The little fishes’ answer was,
     “We cannot do it, Sir, because -”

I sent to them again to say,
     “It will be better to obey.”

The fishes answered, with a grin,
     “Why, what a temper you are in!”

I told them once, I told them twice:
     They would not listen to advice.

I took a kettle large and new,
     Fit for the deed I had to do.

My heart went hop, my heart went thump:
     I filled the kettle at the pump.

Then someone came to me and said,
     “The little fishes are in bed.”

I said to him, I said it plain,
     “Then you must wake them up again.”

I said it very loud and clear:
     I went and shouted in his ear.

But he was very stiff and proud:
     He said, “You needn’t shout so loud!”

And he was very proud and stiff:
     He said, “I’d go and wake them, if -”

I took a corkscrew from the shelf:
     I went to wake them up myself.

And when I found the door was locked,
     I pulled and pushed and kicked and knocked.

And when I found the door was shut,
     I tried to turn the handle, but -

by Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll is a pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who was born on 27 January 1832 in England. He became a writer, a mathematician, a logician, an Anglican deacon, and a photographer. His is known for the books, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (1865) and its sequel, “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There” (1871), as well as the poems, “The Hunting of the Snark” and “Jabberwocky,” all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson passed on at 65 years of age on 14 January 1898.

To Market, To Market

9/16/2018

To Market

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig.
     Home again, home again, jiggety jig.

To market, to market, to buy a fat hog,
     Home again, home again, jiggety jog.

To market, to market, to buy a plum bun,
     Home again, home again, market is done.

by Author Unknown

The Little Bird

8/28/2018

The Little Bird

Once I saw a little bird
    Come hop, hop, hop;
So I cried, “Little bird,
    Will you stop, stop, stop?”

And was going to the window
    To say, “How do you do?”
But he shook his little tail,
    And far away he flew.

by Author Unknown

The Blacksmith

8/27/2018

The Blacksmith

“Robert Barnes, my fellow fine,
     Can you shoe this horse of mine?”
“Yes, good sir, that I can,
     As well as any other man;
There’s a nail, and there’s a prod,
     Now, good sir, your horse is shod.”

by Author Unknown

Images Shown
1. Horse.
2. Blacksmith anvil, hammer, and horseshoe.

Buttons

8/26/2018

Buttons

Buttons, a farthing a pair!
     Come, who will buy them of me?
They’re round and sound and pretty,
     And fit for girls of the city.
Come, who will buy them of me?
     Buttons, a farthing a pair!

by Author Unknown

The Queen of Hearts

8/19/2018

The Queen of Hearts

The Queen of Hearts
     She made some tarts,
All on a summer’s day;
     The Knave of Hearts
He stole those tarts,
     And took them clean away.
The King of Hearts
     Called for the tarts,
And beat the knave full sore;
     The Knave of Hearts
Brought back the tarts,
     And vowed he’d steal no more.

by Author Unknown

Mary’s Canary

8/18/2018

Mary’s Canary

Mary had a pretty bird,
   Feathers bright and yellow,
Slender legs - upon my word
   He was a pretty fellow!

The sweetest note he always sung,
   Which much delighted Mary.
She often, where the cage was hung,
   Sat hearing her canary.

by Author Unknown

All Through the Night

8/8/2018

All Through the Night

Sleep my child and peace attend thee,
All through the night.
Guardian angels God will send thee,
All through the night.
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loved ones’ watch am keeping,
All through the night.

Angels watching, e’er around thee,
All through the night.
Midnight slumber close surround thee,
All through the night.
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loved ones’ watch am keeping,
All through the night.

by Author Unknown