I saw a ship a-sailing, A-sailing on the sea. And, oh, but it was laden With pretty things for thee. There were comfits in the cabin, And apples in the hold; The sails were made of silk And the masts …[Continue]

There was an old woman sat spinning, And that’s the first beginning; She had a calf, And that’s half; She took it by the tail, And threw it over the wall, And that’s all!…[Continue]

The cats went out to serenade And on a banjo sweetly played; And summer nights they climbed a tree And sand, “My love, oh, come to me!&#8221…[Continue]

This little froggy took a big leap, This little froggy took a small, This little froggy leaped sideways, And this little froggy not at all, And this little froggy went, hippity, hippity, hippity hop, all the way home….[Continue]

The cock’s on the housetop blowing his horn; The bull’s in the barn a-threshing of corn; The maids in the meadows are making of hay; The ducks in the river are swimming away….[Continue]

Three grey geese In a green field grazing, Grey were the geese And green was the grazing….[Continue]

For want of a nail the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe the horse was lost, For want of a horse the rider was lost, For want of a rider the battle was lost, For want of a …[Continue]

Dickery, dickery, dare, The pig flew up in the air. The man in brown Soon brought him down! Dickery, dickery, dare….[Continue]