What Are Little Boys Made Of?
What Are Little Boys Made Of? Is a nursery rhyme that dates back to the early 19th century. However, the version that many people know today is just a snippet of the full poem which …
Old Nursery Rhymes
Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Bear
Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Bear is an amusing tongue twister of a nursery rhyme that uses repetition and rhyming couplets to make the ditty appealing. It details the story of Fuzz Wuzzy who was a …
The Alphabet Song
One of the best childhood songs for learning, The Alphabet Song teaches children about letters and the sequence of the alphabet. Although The Alphabet Song appears on many contemporary children’s shows, it’s a very old …
I See The Moon and The Moon Sees Me
I See The Moon and the Moon Sees Me is a traditional English rhyme that dates back to 1784 when it had just two couplets. It was first published in Gammer Gurton’s Garland or The …
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring is a much-loved children’s rhyme that has been handed down through the generations. Not much is known about its origins, but it’s believed to have come from England, not least because …
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater is a nursery rhyme where the lyrics were originally intended to mean something different, but over the years the meaning has been lost and it is now just a fun song …
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 …
Old Mother Hubbard
An English nursery rhyme, Old Mother Hubbard was first printed extensively in 1805 although the exact origins and date of creation are hotly disputed. The first printed version was titled The Comic Adventures of Old …
Rub a Dub Dub
Rub a Dub Dub is one of the earliest nursery rhymes that are still in circulation today, and its simplicity has caused it to endure across the decades whether singing it to a child at …
Peter Piper
Peter Piper is a merry tongue-twister that uses alliteration to make the sentences tricky to pronounce. It was first published in 1813 in Peter Piper’s Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation. In this book, …