“ Hick-a-more, Hack-a-more,
Hickery, dickery, 6 and 7,
Hickety, pickety, my black hen,
Hickory, dickory, dock!
High diddle doubt, my candle's out
Higher than a house, higher than a tree.
Hot-cross Buns!
How many days has my baby to play?
How many miles is it to Babylon?--
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
Hush, baby, my dolly, I pray you don't cry,
Hush-a-bye, baby, lie still with thy daddy,
Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree top!
Hush-a-bye, baby,
I am a gold lock. ”

“ Old woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing?
On Saturday night
Once I saw a little bird
One misty moisty morning,
One, he loves; two, he loves;
One, two, three, four, five,
One, two, buckle my shoe
Over the water, and over the sea,
Over the water,
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake,
Pease porridge hot,
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater,
Piping hot, smoking hot. ”

“ As three blind mice?
A LITTLE MAN
There was a little man, and he had a little gun,
And his bullets were made of lead, lead, lead;
He went to the brook, and saw a little duck,
And shot it right through the head, head, head.
He carried it home to his old wife Joan,
And bade her a fire to make, make, make.
To roast the little duck he had shot in the brook,
And he'd go and fetch the drake, drake, drake.
The drake was a-swimming with his curly tail;
The little man made it his mark, mark, mark.
He let off his gun, but he fired too soon,
And the drake flew away with a quack, quack, quack. ”

“ There was an old woman sat spinning,
And that's the first beginning;
She had a calf,
And that's half;
She took it by the tail,
And threw it over the wall,
And that's all!
BEDTIME
The Man in the Moon looked out of the moon,
Looked out of the moon and said,
"'Tis time for all children, on the earth
To think about getting to bed!"
DANCE, LITTLE BABY
Dance, little Baby, dance up high! ”

“ PRETTY JOHN WATTS
Pretty John Watts,
We are troubled with rats.
Will you drive them out of the house?
We have mice, too, in plenty,
That feast in the pantry,
But let them stay
And nibble away,
What harm in a little brown mouse?
I LOVE SIXPENCE
I love sixpence, a jolly, jolly sixpence,
I love sixpence as my life;
I spent a penny of it, I spent a penny of it,
I took a penny home to my wife.
Oh, my little fourpence, a jolly, jolly fourpence,
I love fourpence as my life;
I spent twopence of it, I spent twopence of it,
And I took twopence home to my wife. ”

“ Pray what must we have for to eat, eat, eat?
Will the flame that you're so rich in
Light a fire in the kitchen?
Or the little god of love turn the spit, spit, spit?"
HERE GOES MY LORD
Here goes my lord
A trot, a trot, a trot, a trot,
Here goes my lady
A canter, a canter, a canter, a canter!
Here goes my young master
Jockey-hitch, jockey-hitch, jockey-hitch, jockey-hitch!
Here goes my young miss
An amble, an amble, an amble, an amble!
The footman lags behind to tipple ale and wine,
And goes gallop, a gallop, a gallop, to make up his time. ”

“ THE OLD WOMAN OF GLOUCESTER
There was an old woman of Gloucester,
Whose parrot two guineas it cost her,
But its tongue never ceasing,
Was vastly displeasing
To the talkative woman of Gloucester.
MULTIPLICATION IS VEXATION
Multiplication is vexation,
Division is as bad ”

“ For under her arm she carried a broom.
"Old woman, old woman, old woman,"said I,
"Whither, oh whither, oh whither so high?"
"To sweep the cobwebs from the sky;
And I'll be with you by-and-by."
TWO PIGEONS
I had two pigeons bright and gay,
They flew from me the other day.
What was the reason they did go?
I cannot tell, for I do not know.
THE FIRST OF MAY
The fair maid who, the first of May,
Goes to the fields at break of day,
And washes in dew from the hawthorn-tree,
Will ever after handsome be. ”

“ Three blind mice! See how they run!
Three children sliding on the ice
Three straws on a staff
Three wise men of Gotham
To bed! To bed!
To make your candles last for aye,
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig.
Tom, Tom, the piper's son,
Tommy's tears and Mary's fears
Trip upon trenchers,
'Twas once upon a time, when Jenny Wren was young,
Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee
Twelve pairs hanging high,
Up at Piccadilly, oh!
Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
What are little boys made of, made of? ”

“ Bad luck you'll have all the day.
SHALL WE GO A-SHEARING?
"Old woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing?"
"Speak a little louder, sir, I am very thick of hearing."
"Old woman, old woman, shall I kiss you dearly?" ”

“ PETER PIPER
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
ONE TO TEN
1, 2, 3, 4, 5!
I caught a hare alive;
6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
I let her go again.
AN EQUAL
Read my riddle, I pray.
What God never sees,
What the king seldom sees,
What we see every day. ”

“ Ye parents who have children dear,
And ye, too, who have none,
If you would keep them safe abroad
Pray keep them safe at home.
CROSS PATCH
Cross patch, draw the latch,
Sit by the fire and spin;
Take a cup and drink it up,
Then call your neighbors in.
THE OLD WOMAN UNDER A HILL
There was an old woman
Lived under a hill ”

“ And it was sent to Derby to toll the market bell;
The bell, the bell, the bell;
And it was sent to Derby to toll the market bell.
THE HOBBY-HORSE
I had a little hobby-horse,
And it was dapple gray;
Its head was made of pea-straw,
Its tail was made of hay.
I sold it to an old woman
For a copper groat;
And I'll not sing my song again
Without another coat.
YOUNG LAMBS TO SELL
If I'd as much money as I could tell,
I never would cry young lambs to sell;
Young lambs to sell, young lambs to sell;
I never would cry young lambs to sell. ”

“ There dwelt an old woman at Exeter;
When visitors came it sore vexed her,
So for fear they should eat,
She locked up all her meat,
This stingy old woman of Exeter.
SNEEZING
If you sneeze on Monday, you sneeze for danger ”

“ Little Jenny Wren fell sick,
Little King Boggen, he built a fine hall,
Little maid, pretty maid, whither goest thou?
Little Miss Muffet
Little Nanny Etticoat
Little Polly Flinders
Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree,
Little Tom Tucker
Little Tommy Tittlemouse
Lives in winter,
London Bridge is broken down,
Long legs, crooked thighs,
Lucy Locket lost her pocket,
March winds and April showers
Margaret wrote a letter,
Mary had a pretty bird,
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
Master I have, and I am his man,
Mister East gave a feast ”

“ A duck and a drake,
A farmer went trotting upon his gray mare,
A hill full, a hole full,
A little boy went into a barn,
A little cock-sparrow sat on a green tree,
A little old man of Derby,
A man went a-hunting at Reigate,
A riddle, a riddle, as I suppose,
A robin and a robin's son
A sunshiny shower
A swarm of bees in May
A, B, C, and D,
About the bush, Willie,
Around the green gravel the grass grows green ”

“ Says Tommy Snooks to Bessy Brooks,
"Wilt marry me on Monday?"
COCK-CROW
Cocks crow in the morn
To tell us to rise,
And he who lies late
Will never be wise;
For early to bed
And early to rise,
Is the way to be healthy
And wealthy and wise.
THE THREE SONS
There was an old woman had three sons,
Jerry and James and John,
Jerry was hanged, James was drowned,
John was lost and never was found ”

“ He cut her petticoats all round about;
He cut her petticoats up to the knees,
Which made the old woman to shiver and freeze.
When the little old woman first did wake,
She began to shiver and she began to shake ”

“ And his giblets shall make me a little pie, too."
"Oh, no," says the sparrow "I won't make a stew."
So he flapped his wings and away he flew.
OLD WOMAN, OLD WOMAN
There was an old woman tossed in a basket,
Seventeen times as high as the moon ”

“ The bullfinch played the organ,--we made merry work.
A PIG
As I went to Bonner,
I met a pig
Without a wig
Upon my word and honor.
JENNY WREN
As little Jenny Wren
Was sitting by her shed.
She waggled with her tail,
And nodded with her head.
She waggled with her tail,
And nodded with her head,
As little Jenny Wren
Was sitting by the shed.
LITTLE TOM TUCKER
Little Tom Tucker
Sings for his supper.
What shall he eat?
White bread and butter.
How will he cut it
Without e'er a knife?
How will he be married
Without e'er a wife? ”