| Description |
5 unnumbered pages, 162 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Rhymes traditional rhymes to the English nursery or playground : A, B, C, tumble down D 136. A cat came fiddling out of a barn 129. A diller, a dollar 13. A man of words and not of deeds 13. A swarm of bees in May 68. Adam and Eve and Pinch-me-tight 143. Apple-pie, pudding and pancake 136. As I was going up Pippen-hill 49. As I was going up the hill 45. As I went over the water 115. As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks 133. Awake, arise, pull out your eyes 12. Baa, Baa, black sheep 72. Baby and I 145. Barber, barber, shave a pig 24. Birds of a feather flock together 51. Bounce Buckram, velvet's dear 59. Bow, wow, wow 121. Brave news is come to town 50. Come, let's to bed 58. Curly locks, curly locks, wilt thou be mine? 37. Daffy-down-dilly has come up to town 66. Deedle, deedle, dumpling, my son John 33. Desperate Dan 102. Dickery, dickery dare 124. Ding, dong, bell 14. Doctor Emmanuel Harrison-Hyde 132. Don't Care didn't care 21. Eaper Weaper, chimbley sweeper 44. Eight o'clock is striking 42. Elsie Marley is grown so fine 27. Feedum, fiddledum, fee 144. Gay go up, and gay go down 90. Girls and boys, come out to play 1. Goosey, goosey, gander 80. Go to bed first, a golden purse 153. Grandpa Grig had a pig 73. Gray goose and gander 154. Half a pound of bacon 43. Hannah Bantry in the pantry 85. Hector Protector was dressed all in green 149. Henry was a young king 54. Here am I, little jumping Joan 110. Hey! diddle, diddle 89. Hickety, pickety, my black hen 74. High diddle ding 65. House to let 104. How many miles to Babylon? 2 I am a little beggar girl 108. I had a little husband 48. I had a little nut-tree, nothing would it bear 61. I had a little pony 70. I had a young man 38. I saw a ship a-sailing 46. If all the food was paving-stones 59. If I'd as much money as I could spend 107. If wishes were horses 153. If you sneeze on Monday, you sneeze for danger 39. I'll tell you a story 87. Incey Wincey Spider 77. In fir tar is 6. I-N spells in 143. Jack and Jill went up the hill 86. Jack, Jack, the bread's a-burning 99. Jack Sprat could eat no fat 134. Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home 78. Last night and the night before 123. Little girl, little girl, where have you been? 94. Little Jack Homer sat in the corner 22. Little King Boggen he built a fine hall 8. Little Polly Flinders 9. Little Tommy Tittle-mouse 97. Little Tom Tucker 56. Margery mutton-pie and Johnny Bopeep 106. Master I have, and I am his man 38. My mother said 114. Needles and pins, needles and pins 40. O the cuckoo she's a pretty bird 67. Oh dear me! Mother caught a flea 121. Oh! mother, I shall be married to Mr Punchinello 59. Old Abram Brown is dead and gone 32. Old Mother Roundabout 112. Old Sir Simon the king 32. On Saturday night 53. One-ery, two-ery 142. One misty moisty morning 10. One, two 135. Pease-pudding hot 116. Penny on the water 142. Peter White will ne'er go right 26. Piggy on the railway 113. Please to remember 62. Policeman, policeman, don't take me! 100. Poor old Robinson Crusoe 119. Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been 95. Ride a cock-horse to Banbury cross 127. Robin the Bobbin, the big-bellied Ben 29. Rock-a-bye baby, thy cradle is green 36. Roley Poley, pudding and pie 120. Rosemary green 155. Sally go round the sun 98. Saw ye aught of my love a-coming from ye market? 50. See this pretty little girl of mine 39. Sing a song of sixpence 8. Solomon Grundy 30. Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief 34. Tell tale, tit! 99. The barber shaved the mason 146. The cat sat asleep by the side of the fire 79. The Cock. Lock the dairy door 75. The fair maid who, the first of May 52. The king sent for his wise men all 141. The lion and the unicorn 125. The man in the moon 7. The man in the wilderness asked of me 3. The north wind doth blow 60. The rose is red, the grass is green 156. There was a crooked man 122. There was a jolly miller 20. There was a man, and he had nought 83. There was a man of Newington 147. There was a monkey climb'd up a tree 76. There was a piper, he'd a cow 69. There was an old woman called Nothing-at-all 84. There was an old woman, her name it was Peg 88. There was an old woman who lived in a shoe 96. There was an old woman sat spinning 82. There was an old woman toss'd up in a basket 11. There were three Jovial Welshmen 16. Three blind mice, see how they run! 126. Three children sliding on the ice 148. Three wise men of Gotham 152. To market, to market, a gallop, a trot 130. To market, to market, to buy a fat pig 128. Tom he was a piper's son 23. Tom, Tom the piper's son 33. Tommy Trot, a man of law 43. Trip upon trenches, and dance upon dishes 150. Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee 15. Twelve huntsmen with horns and hounds 138. Up and down Pie Street 105. Well I never 117. We're all in the dumps 93. What are little boys made of, made of 57. What's the news of the day 144. When Jacky's a very good boy 111. When good King Arthur ruled this land 5. Who comes here? 101. William and Mary, George and Anne 64. Young Roger came tapping at Dolly's window 51. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5! 137 |
| Summary |
A collection of rhymes for young children, some old favorites, some obscure, some modern |
| Analysis |
Nursery rhymes in English Anthologies |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Index |
| Audience |
For children aged 6-10 years |
| Subject |
Children's poetry, English.
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Nursery rhymes, English.
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Nursery rhymes.
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Songs.
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Nursery rhymes.
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Poetry.
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| Author |
Alderson, Brian.
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Oxenbury, Helen.
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| LC no. |
75317868 |
| ISBN |
0434926000 |
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