Just nursery rhymes 1

Baa baa black sheep

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

Ding dong bell

Georgie Porgie

Girls and boys come out to play

Goosey, goosey gander

Hey diddle diddle

Humpty Dumpty

I had a little nut tree

I love little pussy

If all the world were paper

Last updated: 4/26/2016 4:37 PM

These songs are nursery rhymes and other traditional songs compiled, illustrated and music arranged by Dany Rosevear.

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Baa baa black sheep O

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Baa, baa black sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full;

One for the master,

And one for the dame,

And one for the little boy

Who lives down the lane.

 

Baa, baa, white sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full;

One for the badger,

And one for the fox,

And one for the great big holes

In grandpa’s socks.

 

Baa, baa, brown sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full;

One for the kitten,

And one for the cat,

And one for the guinea pig

To knit a woolly hat.

‘Thank you,’ said the kitten,

‘Thank you,’ said the cat,

And ‘Thank you,’ said the guinea pig,

‘I like my woolly hat.’

 


 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Cock-a-doodle-doo!

My dame has lost her shoe.

My master’s lost his fiddling stick,

And doesn’t know what to do.

 

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

What is my dame to do?

Till master finds his fiddling stick,

She’ll dance without her shoe.

 

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

My dame has found her shoe.

My master’s found his fiddling stick,

Sing cock-a-doodle-doo!

 


 

 

Ding dong bell O

 

A very old nursery rhyme.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Ding dong bell!

Pussy’s in the well.

Who put her in?

Little Johnny Green,

Who pulled her out?

Little Tommy Stout.

What a naughty boy was that,

To drown poor pussy cat,

Who ne’er did any harm,

But killed all the rats,

In his father’s barn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie,

Kissed the girls and made them cry,

When the boys came out to play

Georgie Porgie ran away.

 

 

 

 

 

Girls and boys come out to play O

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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.

 

 

Goosey, goosey gander O

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Goosey, goosey gander, where shall I wander?

Upstairs and downstairs, and in my ladies chamber.

There I met an old man who would not say his prayers;

So I took him by the left leg and threw him down the stairs.

 

The stairs went ‘Crack!’ and he broke his little back,

And all the little ducks went, ‘Quack, quack, quack!’

 

 

 

 

 

Hey diddle diddle O

 

This is the version I sang as a child.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle,

The cow jumped over the moon,

The little dog laughed to see such fun,

And the dish ran away with the spoon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Humpty Dumpty O

 

For all babies who have just learnt to sit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,

Could not put Humpty together again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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 had a little nut tree,

Nothing would it bear

But a silver nutmeg

And a golden pear.

The King of Spain’s daughter

Came to visit me,

And all for the sake of my little nut tree.

 

I skipped o’er the ocean,

I danced o’er the sea,

And all the birds in the air

Couldn’t catch me!

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


I love little pussy,

Her coat is so warm,

And if I don't hurt her,

She'll do me no harm.

 

So I'll not pull her tail,

Nor drive her away,

But pussy and I,

Very gently will play.

 

She shall sit by my side

And I'll give her some food;

And pussy will love me

Because I am good.

 

I'll stroke pretty pussy,

And then she will purr;

And show me her thanks

For my kindness to her.

 

 

 

If all the world were paper O

 

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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