Just
nursery rhymes A-I
Alphabet song, forwards and
backwards
Baa baa black sheep
Cackle, cackle, Mother Goose
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Ding dong bell
Four
and twenty tailors
Georgie
Porgie
Girls
and boys come out to play
Goosey,
goosey gander
Hey
diddle diddle
Higglety
pigglety, pop!
Humpty
Dumpty
I had
a little nut tree
I
love little pussy
If
all the world were paper
Last updated: 8/29/2017
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These
songs are nursery rhymes and other traditional songs compiled, illustrated and
music arranged by Dany Rosevear.
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Alphabet song, forwards and backwards 🔊 A fun challenge for those that can recite their alphabet easily! This
version rhymes too. |
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z; Now I know my ABC, Next time sing it
backwards with me. Z, Y, X, W, V, U, T, S, R, Q, P, O, N, M, L, K, J, I, H, G, F, E, D, C, B, A. Now I know my Z, Y, X’es, Bet that’s not what you
expected! |
The meaning of this most
popular of nursery rhymes is lost in the mists of time but is probably to do
with wool taxes that persisted into the 15th century. To find out
more visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baa,_Baa,_Black_Sheep
The song became
controversial in the 1980s when it was linked to the slave trade but there is
no historical evidence to support such a connection– indeed the wool from the
black wool is highly sort after as it did not need to be dyed.
|
Cackle, cackle, Mother Goose 🔊 A less
familiar nursery rhyme. ‘Mother Goose ’is also the embodiment of nursery rhyme
collections and is sometimes illustrated as an old lady with a black pointed
hat (a witch) riding on a goose; the common link being they both have a
tendency to cackle. Tune by Dany
Rosevear. |
Cackle, cackle,
Mother Goose, Have you
any feathers loose? Truly have
I, pretty fellow, Half enough
to fill a pillow, Here are
quills, take one or two, And down to
make a bed for you. |
Cock-a-doodle-doo! O This nursery rhyme dates
from around 1760s. To find out more visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_a_doodle_doo
|
Ding dong bell O A very old nursery rhyme.
|
Four-and-twenty tailors 🔊 This is one of several rhymes that can be found in Beatrix Potter’s
‘The tailor of Gloucester’ It is a shortened version of a much older rhyme
According to Peter and Iona Opie ‘Kyloe’ cows have long horns and are a
lesser known breed of Scottish Highland cattle. The tune comes from ‘Little
songs of long ago’ by Alfred Moffat published 1912. |
Four-and-twenty tailors Went to catch a snail; The best man amongst them Durst not touch her tail. She put out her horns Like a little Kyloe cow; Run, tailors, run! Or she'll chase you all
e'en now! |
Georgie Porgie O This rhyme was formally collected
in the mid 19th century however its origins are thought to be much
older and theories abound; to find out more visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgie_Porgie
Roud number 19532
|
Girls
and boys come out to play O A cheerful
nursery rhyme that dates back to at least 1708 when children worked during
daylight hours and played in the evening before bedtime. |
Girls
and boys, come out to play, The moon
doth shine as bright as day; Leave
your supper, and leave your sleep, And come
with your playfellows into the street. Come
with a whoop and come with a call, And come
with a good will or not at all. Up the
ladder and down the wall, A
ha’penny loaf will serve us all. You find milk, and I'll find
flour, And we'll have a pudding in half
an hour. |
This rhyme was first
published in 1784. I have always ended the
rhyme with the less familiar last two couplets but do not know where this
version originated. To find out more about this rhyme
visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goosey_Goosey_Gander
|
Hey diddle diddle O This is the version I sang
as a child.
|
Higglety, pigglety, pop! 🔊 A cheerful
nursery rhyme from 1846 when it was written by Samuel Goodrich who beleived
nursery rhymes were nonsense and that anyone could write them; and so he did,
not intending that it should become popular. This could be used as a
knee bouncing rhyme or a word play rhyming game where the dog eats simple
three letter objects: Higglety, pigglety, pat! The dog has eaten the mat… |
Higglety,
pigglety, pop! The dog
has eaten the mop; The
pig’s in a hurry, The
cat’s in a flurry, Higglety,
pigglety, pop! |
Humpty Dumpty O For all babies who have just
learnt to sit.
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I had a little nut tree O This nursery rhyme was first
published 1789. To find out more visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Had_a_Little_Nut_Tree
and http://www.rhymes.org.uk/a35-i-had-a-little-nut-tree.htm
|
I love little pussy O This nursery rhyme was first
published 1830. It has a Roud number 12824. To find out more visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_Little_Pussy
|
A nursery
rhyme that has a thinking that can be traced back to the Old Testament. Find
out more at: https://treasuryislands.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/origins-if-all-the-world-were-paper/ |
If all
the world were paper, And all
the sea were ink, If all
the trees were bread and cheese, What
should we do for drink? If
friars had no bald pates, Nor nuns
had no dark cloisters, If all
the seas were beans and peas, What
should we do for oysters? If there
had been no projects, Nor none
that did great wrongs, If
fiddlers shall turn players all, What
should we do for songs? If all things
were eternal, And
nothing their end bringing, If this
should be, then how should we Here
make an end of singing? |
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