Nursery Rhymes

By Margaret Tarrant

This is a lovely collection of children's nursery rhymes by celebrated children's author and illustrator Margaret Tarrant. Contents include well-loved rhymes such as 'Little Bo-Peep', 'See-Saw Margery Daw', 'Jack and Jill', and 'There was an old woman who lived in a shoe'.

Margaret Winifred Tarrant (1888-1959) was an English illustrator and children's author, who wrote a range of books on fairy-tales and religion. She is best known for her illustrations for 'The Water Babies', which she drew and painted when she was only twenty years old.-Print ed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Braunfell Books
• Release date: Nov 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9781839749490

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Publisher’s Note

Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1

LITTLE MISS MUFFET. 16

COLOUR PLATES 17

OLD MOTHER HUBBARD. 19

JACK AND JILL. 23

HOT CROSS BUNS. 25

LADY BIRD, LADY BIRD, FLY AWAY HOME. 26

THIRTY DAYS HATH SEPTEMBER. 27

MONDAY’S CHILD IS FAIR OF FACE. 28

BESSY BELL AND MARY GRAY. 29

A RED SKY IN THE MORNING. 30

THE BRAVE OLD DUKE OF YORK. 31

HE THAT WOULD THRIVE. 32

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. 33

NEEDLES AND PINS. 36

THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN. 37

MY LITTLE OLD MAN. 38

GO TO BED FIRST. 39

THE COCK DOTH CROW. 40

DIDDLE, DIDDLE, DUMPLING. 41

PAT-A-CAKE, PAT-A-CAKE, BAKER’S MAN. 42

THERE WAS A LITTLE MAN. 43

SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE 45

A STAR. 47

THREE JOVIAL CHINAMEN. 48

OVER THE WATER TO CHARLEY. 50

THREE BLIND MICE. 51

IF ALL THE WORLD WAS APPLE-PIE. 52

THE LION AND THE UNICORN. 53

HICKETY, PICKETY, MY BLACK HEN. 54

I LOVE LITTLE PUSSY. 55

AS I WAS GOING TO SELL MY EGGS. 56

THERE WAS A JOLLY MILLER. 57

PLEASE TO REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. 58

BLOW, WIND, BLOW! 59

FOUR-AND-TWENTY TAILORS. 60

OH, WHERE, OH, WHERE IS MY LITTLE DOG GONE? 61

THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL. 62

DICKORY, DICKORY, DARE. 63

DOCTOR FAUSTUS. 64

TOM, TOM, THE PIPER’S SON. 65

THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW. 66

MULTIPLICATION IS VEXATION. 67

BARBER, BARBER, SHAVE A PIG. 68

GREGORY GRIGGS. 69

SNEEZE ON MONDAY. 70

LITTLE BO-PEEP. 71

WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? 73

HUMPTY DUMPTY. 75

GOOSEY, GOOSEY, GANDER. 76

WHAT ARE LITTLE BOYS MADE OF? 77

SEE-SAW, MARGERY DAW. 78

WHEN THE WIND IS IN THE EAST. 79

ST. SWITHIN’S DAY. 80

LITTLE ROBIN REDBREAST. 81

THERE WAS A MAN, AND HE HAD NAUGHT. 82

TELL-TALE TIT! 83

BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP. 84

TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR. 85

THE SPIDER AND THE FLY. 86

SEE-SAW, SACRADOWN. 90

TWEEDLE-DUM AND TWEEDLE-DEE. 91

THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN LIVED UNDER A HILL. 92

THE PUDDING-STRING. 93

THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN CALLED NOTHING-AT-ALL. 94

TOMMY KEPT A CHANDLER’S SHOP. 95

THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN, AND WHAT DO YOU THINK? 96

FINGER-NAILS. 97

LITTLE JACK HORNER. 98

IF WISHES WERE HORSES. 100

LITTLE BETTY PRINGLE. 101

I HAD A LITTLE DOG. 102

BOW, WOW, WOW! 103

ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE. 104

HOW MANY DAYS? 105

NUTS AN’ MAY. 106

HUSH-A-BYE, BABY. 107

THE BARBER SHAVED THE MASON. 108

LITTLE TOMMY TRACKET. 109

TO MAKE YOUR CANDLES LAST FOR AYE. 110

HANDY SPANDY. 111

ONE MISTY, MOISTY MORNING. 112

TO MARKET, TO MARKET TO BUY A FAT PIG. 113

POLLY, PUT THE KETTLE ON. 114

DAME, GET UP AND BAKE YOUR PIES. 116

A FROG HE WOULD A-WOOING GO. 117

I HAD A LITTLE NUT-TREE. 120

PIT, PAT, WELL-A-DAY. 121

LITTLE LAD, LITTLE LAD. 122

TIT-TAT-TOE. 123

LITTLE BETTY BLUE. 124

ROBIN AND RICHARD. 125

THE BONNIE CRAVAT. 126

WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO, MY PRETTY MAID? 127

THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS. 129

GALLOP A DREARY DUN. 131

OLD KING COLE. 132

THE TIDY WIFE. 134

GOOSEY, GOOSEY, GANDER 135

PIPPIN HILL. 136

IS JOHN SMITH WITHIN? 137

TWO LITTLE DICKEY-BIRDS. 138

COCK ROBIN GOT UP EARLY. 139

BAT, BAT. 140

PEASE PUDDING HOT. 141

THE FAIRY FOLK. 143

ON SATURDAY NIGHT. 146

ELIZABETH, ELSPETH, BETSY AND BESS. 147

THERE WAS A MAN OF NEWINGTON. 148

HIGH DIDDLE DOUBT, MY CANDLE’S OUT. 149

BIRDS OF A FEATHER. 150

OLD WOMAN, OLD WOMAN, SHALL WE GO A-SHEARING? 151

MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN. 152

THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN, AS I’VE HEARD TELL. 153

MERRY ARE THE BELLS. 154

I THINK SO; DON’T YOU? 155

DAVY, DAVY DUMPLING. 156

LUCY LOCKET LOST HER POCKET. 157

THE OLD MAN WHO LIVED IN A WOOD. 158

THE GIRL IN THE LANE. 160

JERRY AND JAMES AND JOHN. 161

ROBERT BARNES. 162

WEE WILLIE WINKIE. 163

AWAY, BIRDS, AWAY! 166

PUSSY-CAT MOLE. 167

WE’RE ALL IN THE DUMPS. 168

MARY’S LAMB. 169

ONCE I SAW A LITTLE BIRD. 171

SUMMER IS I-COMEN IN. 172

ALL OF A ROW. 173

LITTLE JENNY WREN. 174

SWAN, SWAN, OVER THE SEA. 175

A DOG AND A CAT. 176

HEY DIDDLE, DINKETTY. 177

A FARMER WENT TROTTING. 178

WHEN A TWISTER, A-TWISTING. 179

COME WHEN YOU’RE CALLED. 180

CRIPPLE DICK UPON A STICK. 181

BLESS YOU, BLESS YOU, BUMBLE-BEE! 182

THE TWENTY-NINTH OF MAY. 183

ONE TO MAKE READY. 184

POP GOES THE WEASEL. 185

WHEN JACKY’S A VERY GOOD BOY. 186

FRIDAY NIGHT’S DREAM. 187

THEY THAT WASH ON MONDAY. 188

A CAT CAME FIDDLING OUT OF A BARN. 189

I SAW A SHIP A-SAILING. 190

MY LADY WIND. 192

DAFFY-DOWN-DILLY. 193

JOHNNY SHALL HAVE A NEW BONNET. 194

RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY. 195

JACK SPRAT. 196

LITTLE BOB SNOOKS. 197

ROSY, AND COLIN, AND DUN. 198

TITTY MOUSE. 199

A WAS AN ARCHER. 200

THERE WAS A LITTLE GUINEA-PIG. 201

THERE WAS A LITTLE MAN. 202

COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO! 204

MY FATHER LEFT ME THREE ACRES OF LAND. 205

THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN TOSS’D UP IN A BASKET. 206

I HAD A LITTLE HUSBAND. 207

PUSSY-CAT, PUSSY-CAT. 208

AROUND THE GREEN GRAVEL. 209

THREE CHILDREN SLIDING ON THE ICE. 210

MR. PUNCHINELLO. 211

"CROAK!" SAID THE TOAD. 212

BONNY LASS. 213

I HAD A LITTLE COW 214

JACK A NORY. 215

PETER PIPER. 216

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS 217

RIDE A COCK-HORSE TO BANBURY CROSS. 218

LONDON BRIDGE IS BROKEN DOWN. 219

MARCH WINDS AND APRIL SHOWERS. 221

HANNAH BANTRY. 222

THERE WAS A PIPER. 223

HERE’S FINIKY HAWKES. 224

LITTLE TOM TUCKER. 225

WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY. 226

THERE WAS A MONKEY. 227

OLD MOTHER GOOSE. 228

LITTLE POLL PARROT. 232

AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES. 233

BOW-WOW, SAYS THE DOG. 234

MISTER FOX, O! 235

WILLY BOY, WILLY BOY. 236

HERE COMES A POOR WOMAN. 237

I WOULD IF I COULD. 238

LITTLE MAID, PRETTY MAID. 239

I’LL SING YOU A SONG. 240

LITTLE GIRL, LITTLE GIRL. 241

TEN LITTLE MICE. 242

CLAP HANDS, CLAP HANDS. 243

I LOVE SIXPENCE. 244

THERE WAS A RAT. 245

DING, DONG, BELL. 246

THE TURTLE-DOVE’S NEST. 248

CRY, BABY, CRY. 249

SOLOMON GRUNDY. 250

LITTLE TOMMY TITTLEMOUSE. 251

A CARRION CROW SAT ON AN OAK. 252

A APPLE PIE. 253

A, B, C. 253

THIS IS THE WAY THE LADIES RIDE. 255

ELSIE MARLEY. 256

I SAW THREE SHIPS COME SAILING BY. 258

COLLY, MY COW. 259

THE BELLS OF ST. CLEMENT’S. 261

HARK! HARK! THE DOGS DO BARK. 263

THE FAIR MAID WHO, THE FIRST OF MAY. 264

THE CUCKOO’S A FINE BIRD. 265

THE MAN IN THE WILDERNESS. 266

CROSS PATCH. 267

PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER. 268

FIDDLE-DE-DEE. 269

TWELVE HUNTSMEN. 270

BABY, BABY BUNTING. 271

MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER. 272

I HAD A LITTLE HOBBY-HORSE. 273

CHARLEY WARLEY HAD A COW. 274

DARBY AND JOAN. 275

DANCE TO YOUR DADDY. 276

A MAN OF WORDS AND NOT OF DEEDS. 277

YANKEE DOODLE. 278

LITTLE BOY BLUE. 279

HUSH BABY, MY DOLL. 281

WHEN GOOD KING ARTHUR RULED THIS LAND. 282

LITTLE ROBIN REDBREAST. 283

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