Hushabye Mountain
Hushabye Mountain is a famous song from the 1968 film “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.” The song was written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, and many artists including David Gilmour and Tony Bennett …
Letter H Songs and Rhymes
Here We Go Looby Loo
Here We Go, Looby Loo, is an English nursery rhyme that is sometimes known as Looby Loo, or Here We Go Loop de Loop. It has a tune that gets stuck in your head and …
How Many Miles to Babylon
How Many Miles to Babylon is a traditional nursery rhyme that dates back to at least 1801. The rhyme probably dates from Tudor times, but many scholars of nursery rhymes point to sayings such as …
Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
This classic children’s rhyme has been around since the 1960s, although the original author is not fully known. The melody is the same as the 19th-century “There is a Tavern in the Town” which was …
Hush Little Baby
Hush Little Baby is a traditional lullaby that has its origins in folk music. No one is exactly sure where it came from, but it’s believed to originate in the southern USA in the early …
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty is a very old rhyme and is known throughout Europe in very much the same form. Most people associate Humpty Dumpty with an egg but it’s possible however that it refers to a …
Hot Cross Buns
Hot Cross Buns was first a cry that later evolved into a nursery rhyme as it was passed down between generations of kids and adults. This cry was heard on Good Fridays when these sacred, …
Hickory Dickory Dock
Like many poems and nursery rhymes, Hickory Dickory Dock tries to imitate a particular sound, in this case the ticking of a clock. It was used in the 18th and 19th century extensively by children …
Hey Diddle Diddle
This old nonsense rhyme is probably just that – nonsense, however, some people have suggested that the cat is Elizabeth Ist and the dog is Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester who she once referred to …