Copyright, 1912, 1913, 1914
By GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAGAZINE
Copyright, 1914
By DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
Copyright, 1918
By DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
A List of the Rhymes
| A, B, C, tumble down D | [165] |
| A carrion crow sat on an oak | [136] |
| A cat came fiddling out of a barn | [49] |
| A diller, a dollar | [173] |
| A duck and a drake | [9] |
| Aena, deena, dina, duss | [73] |
| A frog he would a-wooing go | [147] |
| A glass of milk and a slice of bread | [138] |
| A good child, a good child | [31] |
| A hill full, a hole full | [79] |
| All of a row | [6] |
| A long-tailed pig, or a short-tailed pig | [97] |
| An old woman lived in Nottingham town | [47] |
| A red sky at night | [30] |
| A riddle, a riddle, as I suppose | [93] |
| As high as a castle | [27] |
| As I was going o'er London Bridge | [116] |
| As I was going to St. Ives | [2] |
| As I was going up and down | [107] |
| As I was going up Pippin Hill | [15] |
| As the days grow longer | [50] |
| As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks | [3] |
| A sunshine shower | [105] |
| A sunshiny shower | [135] |
| A swarm of bees in May | [48] |
| At the siege of Belleisle | [65] |
| Awake, arise, pull out your eyes | [87] |
| A was an archer | [166] |
| A water there is | [53] |
Baa, baa, black sheep | [26] |
| Bat, bat, come under my hat | [52] |
| Bell horses, bell horses, what time of day | [122] |
| Birds of a feather flock together | [137] |
| Blow, wind, blow! and go, mill, go! | [145] |
| Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea | [109] |
| Bossy-cow, bossy-cow, where do you lie? | [108] |
| Bow-wow-wow | [3] |
| Brow brinky | [129] |
| Bryan O'Lin and his wife | [47] |
| Bryan O'Lin had no breeches to wear | [23] |
| Burnie bee, burnie bee | [53] |
| Butterfly, butterfly, whence do you come? | [94] |
| Buz, quoth the blue fly | [57] |
| Bye, baby bunting | [3] |
Cantaloupes! Cantaloupes! What is the price? | [1] |
| Charley Warley had a cow | [90] |
| Christmas comes but once a year | [135] |
| Clap, clap handies | [65] |
| Cock a doodle doo | [103] |
| Cocks crow in the morn | [21] |
| Come hither, sweet robin | [131] |
| Come, let's to bed! | [66] |
| Come, my dear children | [74] |
| Come to the window | [117] |
| Come when you're called | [29] |
| Cross Patch | [90] |
| Cry, baby, cry | [79] |
| Curly locks! Curly locks! wilt thou be mine? | [49] |
| Currahoo, curr dhoo | [1] |
Daffy-Down-Dilly | [25] |
| Dance to your daddy | [105] |
| Darby and Joan were dress'd in black | [85] |
| Deedle, deedle, dumpling, my son John | [42] |
| Dickory, dickory, dock | [67] |
| Ding, dong, bell | [14]-[103] |
| Ding, dong, darrow | [21] |
| Doctor Faustus was a good man | [91] |
| Doctor Foster went to Gloster | [169] |
| Dogs in the garden, catch 'em, Towser | [23] |
| Donkey, donkey, old and gray | [58] |
| Draw a pail of water | [54] |
Eggs, butter, cheese, bread | [27] |
| Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy and Bess | [63] |
| Elsie Marley has grown so fine | [18] |
Father, may I go to war? | [127] |
| F for a fig | [176] |
| For every evil under the sun | [107] |
| Friday night's dream on Saturday told | [39] |
Georgey Porgey, pudding and pie | [55] |
| God bless the master of this house | [132] |
| Good horses, bad horses | [57] |
| Goosey, goosey, gander | [118] |
| Great A, little a, Bouncing B | [101] |
| Great A, little A | [10] |
Handy Spandy, Jack-a-dandy | [45] |
| Hark! hark! the dogs do bark | [107] |
| Hector Protector was dressed all in green | [58] |
| Heigh, diddle, diddle | [100] |
| Here am I, little jumping Joan | [62] |
| Here sits the Lord Mayor | [19] |
| Here's Sulky Sue | [158] |
| Here stands a post | [9] |
| Here we go round the mulberry bush | [134] |
| Hickery Dickery 6 and 7 | [106] |
| Hickory Dickory, sackory down | [50] |
| Hickety, pickety, my black hen | [95] |
| Higher than a house | [17] |
| Hink minx! the old witch winks | [32] |
| Hiram Gordon, where's your pa? | [144] |
| Hot cross buns | [76] |
| How many miles is it to Babylon? | [104] |
| Hub-a-dub-dub | [122] |
| Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall | [76] |
| Hush-a-bye, baby, Daddy is near | [125] |
| Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree-top | [1] |
| Hush, baby, my doll | [46] |
I am a gold lock | [81] |
| I bought a dozen new-laid eggs | [107] |
| I do not like thee, Dr. Fell | [89] |
| If all the seas were one sea | [106] |
| If all the world was apple-pie | [119] |
| If all the world were water | [123] |
| If ifs and ands | [79] |
| I had a little husband | [118] |
| I had a little nut-tree | [35] |
| I had a little pony | [84] |
| I had four brothers over the sea | [155] |
| I have a little sister | [139] |
| I'll tell you a story | [9] |
| I like little pussy, her coat is so warm | [69] |
| I love you well, my little brother | [133] |
| In fir tar is | [57] |
| Intery, mintery, cutery, corn | [55] |
| I saw a peacock with a fiery tail | [61] |
| It costs little Gossip her income for shoes | [157] |
| It's raining, it's pouring | [169] |
| I went to the wood and got it | [85] |
| I went up one pair of stairs | [146] |
| I will sing you a song | [109] |
| I won't be my father's Jack | [50] |
Jack and Jill went up the hill | [80] |
| Jack, be nimble; Jack, be quick | [84] |
| Jack Spratt could eat no fat | [97] |
| Jack Spratt had a cat | [10] |
| Jack Spratt's pig | [125] |
| Jerry Hall, he is so small | [39] |
| Jockey was a piper's son | [40] |
| John, come sell thy fiddle | [14] |
| Joseph Smith bought a rake | [27] |
Ladies and gentlemen, come to supper | [152] |
| Lady bird, lady bird, fly away home | [87] |
| Lady-bug, lady-bug | [48] |
| Lazy Tom, with jacket blue | [53] |
| Little Betty Blue | [39] |
| Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep | [16] |
| Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn | [8] |
| Little Cock Robin peeped out of his cabin | [32] |
| Little drops of water | [31] |
| Little girl, little girl, where have you been? | [33] |
| Little Jack Horner | [100] |
| Little King Boggen he built a fine hall | [173] |
| Little lad, little lad | [32] |
| Little maid, little maid | [50] |
| Little maid, pretty maid | [34] |
| Little Miss Donnet | [41] |
| Little Miss Lily | [47] |
| Little Miss Muffet | [32] |
| Little Nancy Etticote | [30] |
| Little Poll Parrot | [41] |
| Little Polly Flinders | [119] |
| Little Robin Red-breast sat upon a rail | [29] |
| Little Tommy Grace | [43] |
| Little Tommy Tittlemouse | [77] |
| Little Tommy Tucker | [99] |
| Little Tom Twig | [132] |
| Love your own, kiss your own | [40] |
| Lucy Locket lost her pocket | [24] |
Made in London | [31] |
| Make three-fourths of a cross | [71] |
| Margaret wrote a letter | [11] |
| Margery Mutton-pie and Johnny Bopeep | [82] |
| Mary had a little lamb | [68] |
| Mary had a pretty bird | [86] |
| Mary, Mary, quite contrary | [73] |
| Merry are the bells | [130] |
| Miss Jane had a bag | [93] |
| Monday's bairn is fair of face | [139] |
| Multiplication is vexation | [60] |
| My little old man and I fell out | [77] |
| My maid Mary, she minds the dairy | [5] |
| My mother, and your mother | [71] |
| My pussy-cat has got the gout | [129] |
| My story's ended | [28] |
Nancy Dawson has grown so fine | [128] |
| Needles and pins | [169] |
| Nose, nose, jolly red nose | [108] |
| Now go to sleep, my little son | [104] |
Of all the gay birds that e'er I did see | [114] |
| Oh, dear, What can the matter be? Johnny's so long | [62] |
| Old Father Grey Beard | [40] |
| Old Grimes is dead | [128] |
| Old King Cole was a merry old soul | [175] |
| Old Mother Hubbard | [162] |
| One, he loves; two, he loves | [46] |
| One for the money | [96] |
| One misty, moisty morning | [37] |
| One, two, buckle my shoe | [51] |
| One, two, three, four, Mary at the cottage door | [114] |
| One, two, three, four, five, catching fishes all alive | [114] |
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5! I caught a hare alive | [67] |
| On Saturday night it shall be my whole care | [25] |
| Over the water and under the water | [15] |
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake | [2] |
| Pease-porridge hot | [4]-[158] |
| Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater | [57] |
| Peter Piper picked a peck | [129] |
| Peter White will ne'er go right | [165] |
| Phoebe rode a nanny-goat | [13] |
| Pickeleem, pickeleem pummis-stone | [35] |
| Pit, pat, well-a-day | [31] |
| Pitty Patty Polt | [27] |
| Play, play every day | [29] |
| Please to remember | [5] |
| Polly, put the kettle on | [13] |
| Polly, Dolly, Kate and Molly | [12] |
| Poor Dog Bright | [6] |
| Pussy Cat Mole | [88] |
| Pussy-Cat, pussy-cat, where have you been? | [109] |
| Pussy sits beside the fire | [37] |
Rain, rain, go away | [65] |
| Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross to see a fine lady | [89] |
| Ride a cock-horse to Shrewsbury Cross | [44] |
| Riddle-me, riddle-me, riddle-me-ree | [91] |
| Ring-a-round-a roses | [40] |
| Ring the bell! | [4] |
| Robert Barnes, fellow fine | [94] |
| Robin and Richard were two pretty men | [101] |
| Robin the Bobbin, the big-bellied Ben | [138] |
| Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green | [74] |
| Rosemary green, and lavender blue | [44] |
| Rowley Powley, pudding and pie | [175] |
| Rub-a-dub-dub | [5] |
See a pin and pick it up | [83] |
| See-saw Jack in the hedge | [29] |
| See-saw, Margery Daw, Jacky shall have a new master | [101] |
| See-saw, Margery Daw, Jenny shall have a new master | [9] |
| See-saw, sacaradown, sacaradown | [25] |
| Shoe the colt | [36] |
| Shoe the horse and shoe the mare | [27] |
| Sing a song of sixpence | [70] |
| Sing, sing! What shall I sing? | [10] |
| Smiling girls, rosy boys | [129] |
| Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for danger | [157] |
| Solomon Grundy | [76] |
| Some little mice sat in a barn to spin | [20] |
| Speak when you're spoken to | [137] |
| St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain | [114] |
| Swan, swam over the sea | [107] |
Taffy was a Welshman | [145] |
| Tell-tale-tit! | [99] |
| Ten little Injuns standing in a line | [124] |
| The calf, the goose, the bee | [69] |
| The cock doth crow | [6] |
| The cock's on the housetop blowing his horn | [33] |
| The cuckoo's a fine bird | [74] |
| The dove says, "Coo, coo, what shall I do?" | [6] |
| The girl in the lane, that couldn't speak plain | [34] |
| The greedy man is he who sits | [45] |
| The King of France went up the hill | [7] |
| The lion and the unicorn | [174] |
| The man in the moon came tumbling down | [121] |
| The man in the moon looked out of the moon | [93] |
| The man in the wilderness asked me | [92] |
| The North wind doth blow | [152] |
| The old woman must stand at the tub | [54] |
| The Queen of Hearts | [146] |
| The rose is red, the violet is blue | [20] |
| The two gray kits | [17] |
| The winds they did blow | [78] |
| There dwelt an old woman at Exeter | [85] |
| There was a crooked man | [71] |
| There was a little boy and a little girl | [31] |
| There was a little girl who had a little curl | [45] |
| There was a little girl who wore a little hood | [23] |
| There was a little green house | [79] |
| There was a little man and he had a little gun | [116] |
| There was a little one-eyed gunner | [80] |
| There was a man in our town and he was wondrous wise | [63] |
| There was an old crow | [29] |
| There was an old woman, and what do you think | [28] |
| There was an old woman, as I've heard tell | [153] |
| There was an old woman and nothing she had | [117] |
| There was an old woman called Nothing-at-all | [73] |
| There was an old woman had three cows | [44] |
| There was an old woman, her name it was Peg | [38] |
| There was an old woman in Surrey | [43] |
| There was an old woman lived under a hill, and if she's not gone | [19] |
| There was an old woman lived under a hill, she put a mouse in a bag | [14] |
| There was an old woman of Harrow, | [87] |
| There was an old woman of Leeds, | [82] |
| There was an old woman tossed up in a basket | [75] |
| There was an old woman who lived in a shoe | [88] |
| There was an owl lived in an oak | [127] |
| There was a rat for want of stairs | [62] |
| There once were two cats of Kilkenny | [115] |
| There's a neat little clock | [96] |
| There were two blackbirds | [52] |
| Thirty days hath September | [83] |
| This is the house that Jack built | [140] |
| This is the way the ladies ride | [126] |
| This little pig went to market | [7] |
| This pig went to the barn | [115] |
| Three Blind Mice | [64] |
| Three children sliding on the ice | [102] |
| Three little kittens they lost their mittens | [159] |
| Three wise men of Gotham | [71] |
| Tit, tat, toe | [56] |
| To market, to market a gallop, a trot | [173] |
| To market, to market, to buy a plum cake | [22] |
| Tommy Trot, a man of laws | [95] |
| Tom, Tom, the Piper's son, he learnt to play when he was young, | [20] |
| Tom, Tom, the Piper's son, stole a pig | [123] |
| Toss up my darling | [9] |
| Trip and go, heave and ho | [10] |
| Tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee | [122] |
| Twinkle, twinkle, little star | [120] |
| Two little dogs | [65] |
Up at Piccadilly, oh! | [67] |
| Up hill and down dale | [67] |
| Upon my word and honor | [172] |
Was ever heard such noise and clamor | [60] |
| Wash the dishes | [36] |
| Wasn't it funny | [58] |
| Wear you a hat, or wear you a crown | [52] |
| Wee Willie Winkie | [56] |
| What do they call you? | [73] |
| What God never sees | [53] |
| What is the rhyme for porringer | [82] |
| When I was a bachelor, I lived by myself | [98] |
| When I was taken from the fair body | [13] |
| When Jacky's a very good boy | [133] |
| When little Fred went to bed | [59] |
| When the days begin to lengthen | [1] |
| Where are you going, my pretty maid? | [72] |
| Whistle, daughter, whistle | [38] |
| Who comes here? | [59] |
| Who killed Cock Robin? | [170] |
| "Will you walk into my parlor?" | [110] |
| Willy boy, Willy boy | [79] |
Yankee Doodle went to town | [174] |
| See saw, Margery Daw, |
| Jenny shall have a new master |