151 Nursery Rhymes

See-saw Margery Daw,Johnny shall have a new master;He shall have but a penny a day,Because he can’t work any faster.

Round and round the garden,Like a teddy bear;One step, two steps,Tickly under there!

A wise old owl sat in an oak,The more he heard, the less he spoke;The less he spoke, the more he heard,Why aren’t we all like that wise old bird?

Old Mother Goose,When she wanted to wander;Would ride through the air,On a very fine gander.

Yankee Doodle came to town,A-ridin’ on a pony;He stuck a feather in his hat,And called it macaroni.

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

Engine, Engine number 9,Running down Chicago line;If the train should jump the track,Do you want your money back?

Rain, rain, go away,Come back another day;Rain, rain, go away,Little Johnny wants to play.

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man,Bake me a cake as fast as you can;Roll it, and prick it, and mark it with a ‘B’And put it in the oven for baby and me.

Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe,Get it done by half past two;Stitch it up and stitch it downAnd I’ll give you half a crown.

Twinkle, Twinkle, little star,How I wonder what you are?Up above the world so high,Like a diamond in the sky.

Tom, Tom,The piper’s son,Stole a pigAnd away did run;The pig was eatAnd Tom was beat,And Tom went howlingDown the street.

Cock-a-doodle doo!My dame has lost her shoe,My master’s lost his fiddling stick,And knows not what to do.

Hickety Pickety, my black hen,She lays eggs for gentlemen.Sometimes 9 and sometimes 10.Hickety Pickety, my black hen.

Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,Had a wife and couldn’t keep her;He put her in a pumpkin shell,And there he kept her very well.