It is very nice to think The world is full of meat and drink, With little children saying grace In every Christian kind of place. Robert Louis Stevenson…[Continue]
Here Comes A Cabbage
Here comes a cabbage with a bonnet on its head, A pretty purple bonnet with a bow of blue and red; And here comes a bottle with a collar ’round its neck, A handsome linen collar, too, without a spot …[Continue]
Jelly Jake And Butter Bill
Jelly Jake and Butter Bill One dark night when all was still Pattered down the long, dark stair, And no one saw the guilty pair; Pushed aside the pantry-door And there found everything galore,— Honey, raisins, orange-peel, Cold chicken aplenty …[Continue]
To Market, To Market, To Buy a Plum Cake
To market, to market, to buy a plum cake, Home again, home again, market is late; To market, to market, to buy a plum bun, Home again, home again, market is done….[Continue]
A Was an Apple Pie
A was an Apple pie; B bit it; C cut it; D dealt it; E eat it; F fought for it; G got it; H had it; J joined it; K kept it; L longed for it; M mourned for …[Continue]
Up on the Garden Gate
Set me up on the garden gate And put on my Sunday tie; I want to be there With a round-eyed stare When the circus band goes by. Give me a bag of suckerettes And give me a piece of …[Continue]
Duckle, Duckle, Daisy
Duckle, duckle, daisy, Martha must be crazy, She went and made a Christmas cake Of olive oil and gluten-flake, And set it in the sink to bake, Duckle, duckle, daisy….[Continue]
The Tarts
The Queen of Hearts, She made some tarts, All on a summer’s day; The Knave of Hearts, He stole the tarts, And took them clean away. The King of Hearts Called for the tarts, And beat the Knave full sore; …[Continue]
Pancake Day
Great A, little a, This is pancake day; Toss the ball high, Throw the ball low, Those that come after May sing heigh-ho!…[Continue]
Over The Water
Over the water, and over the sea, And over the water to Charley, I’ll have none of your nasty beef, Nor I’ll have none of your barley; But I’ll have some of your very best flour To make a white …[Continue]
Hot Codlins
There was a little woman, as I’ve been told, Who was not very young, nor yet very old; Now this little woman her living got By selling codlins, hot, hot, hot!…[Continue]
A Cherry
As I went through the garden gap, Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap! A stick in his hand, a stone in his throat,– If you’ll tell me this riddle, I’ll give you a groat….[Continue]
