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Mother Goose Mystery Rhymes
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1. To Market,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.
2. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Baa,
baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags
full.
One
for my master,
One for my dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives
in the lane.
Baa,
baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags
full.
3. Eencey Weencey spider
Eencey
Weencey spider
Climbed up the water spout;
Down came the rain
And
washed the Spider out;
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain;
And Eencey Weencey spider
Climbed up the spout again.
4. Georgie Porgie
Georgie
Porgie, puddin' and pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry.
When the
boys came out to play,
Georgie Porgie ran away.
5. Good Night, Sleep Tight
Good
night, sleep tight,
Wake up bright
In the morning light
To do what's
right
With all your might.
6. Hey, Diddle, Diddle
Hey,
diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the
spoon.
7. Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Hickory,
dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The
mouse ran down!
Hickory, dickory, dock.
Higglety,
Pigglety, my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen.
Gentlemen come every
day
To see what my black hen doth lay.
Sometimes nine, and sometimes ten.
Higglety, Pigglety, my black hen,
9. Hot Cross Buns!
Hot
cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot cross buns!
Hot
cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
If you have no daughters,
Give them to
your sons!
10. Humpty Dumpty
Humpty
Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses
and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!
11. Hush-a-Bye, Baby
Hush-a-bye,
baby,
in the tree top.
When the wind blows,
the cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks,
the cradle will fall,
Down will come baby,
cradle and all.
12. Little Boy Blue
Little
Boy Blue, come blow your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the
corn.
Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
He's under a haystack,
fast asleep.
Will you wake him? No, not I,
For if I do, he's sure to cry.
13. It's Raining, It's Pouring
It's
raining, it's pouring!
The old man is snoring.
He bumped his head
And he went to bed
And he couldn't get up in the morning.
14. Jack and Jill
Jack
and Jill
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down
And broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after!
15. Little Jack Horner
Little
Jack Horner
Sat in a corner,
Eating a Christmas pie.
He stuck in his
thumb
And pulled out a plum,
And said, "What a good boy am I!"
16. Jack Sprat
Jack
Sprat could eat no fat,
His wife could eat no lean.
And so betwixt the
two of them
They licked the platter clean.
17. Kookaburra
Kookaburra
sits in the old gum tree.
Merry, merry king of the bush is he.
Laugh,
Kookaburra,
Laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be!
Ha ha ha!
18. Ladybug! Ladybug!
Ladybug!
Ladybug!
Fly away home.
Your house is on fire!
Your children are gone.
All
except one,
And that's little Ann,
For she has crept under
The frying
pan.
19. Little Bo Peep
Little
Bo Peep has lost her sheep
And can't tell where to find them.
Leave them
alone,
And they'll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.
20. Little Miss Muffet
Little
Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came
a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
21. Wee Willie Winkie
Wee
Willie Winkie
Runs through the town,
Upstairs and downstairs
In his
nightgown.
Rapping at the windows,
Crying through the lock,
"Are
the children all in bed?
For it's now eight o'clock."
22. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Mary,
Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and
cockleshells,
And pretty maids all in a row.
23. One Misty, Moisty Morning
One
misty, moisty morning,
When cloudy was the weather,
I chanced to meet
an old man
Dressed all in leather.
He began to compliment,
And I began
to grin,
How do you do?
How do you do?
How do you do, again?
24. One, Two, Three, Four, Five
One,
two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive.
Six, seven, eight,
nine, ten,
Then I let it go again.
Why
did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
The little one on the right.
25. Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake
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!
26. Peas Porridge Hot
Peas
porridge hot,
Peas porridge cold,
Peas porridge in the pot
Nine days
old.
Some
like it hot,
Some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot
Nine days
old.
27. Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
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.
Pussycat,
pussycat, where have you been?
I've been to London to visit the Queen.
Pussycat, pussycat, what did you there?
I frightened a little mouse under
her chair.
39. Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Row,
row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily,
merrily,
Life is but a dream.
30. Star Light, Star Bright
Star
light, star bright,
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.
31.Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Twinkle,
twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so
high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How
I wonder what you are.
32. A Tisket, a Tasket
A
tisket, a tasket,
A green and yellow basket,
I wrote a letter to my love,
And on the way, I dropped it.
I
dropped it, I dropped it,
And on the way I dropped it.
A little boy picked
it up
And put it in his pocket.
33. Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
Tom,
Tom, the piper's son,
Stole a pig, and away did run!
The pig was eat,
And Tom was beat,
And Tom went crying
Down the street.
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