Nursery Rhymes

Most children love being told Nursery Rhymes. The most popular rhymes are listed here. Even elders love to hear these rhymes. They are sweet to our ears forever. These rhymes speak volumes about the interest shown by the education department to enthuse the children to speak out.

The list is clearly not exhaustive but it is believed that a good cross section of famous poems for children have been included. We have selected the most famous Nursery Rhymes for children. We have done our best to collect all the Nursery Rhymes from all sources and add them here for your reference. The addition of more and more rhymes is going on everyday.

These Nursery Rhymes for children have been passed down over the years and due to the short nature of the verse can easily be remembered by most children from a very early age. Analysis of these Nursery Rhymes will reflect the historical background in which these Nursery Rhymes were written.



  1. 1, 2, Buckle My Shoe
  2. 30 Days Hath September
  3. A B C... : 1
  4. A B C... : 2
  5. A, B, C, Sona
  6. Hush-A-Bye Baby
  7. A diller, a dollar
  8. A kiss when I wake in the morning.
  9. A Little Bird
  10. A Rose is...
  11. Action Song
  12. Aeroplane
  13. Aeroplane Aeroplane!
  14. After a Bath... - 1
  15. After A Bath... - 2
  16. All the little fishes...
  17. An Elephant
  18. An elephant walks like this and that.
  19. Are You Sleeping? - 1
  20. Are You Sleeping? - 2
  21. As I was walking down the lake...
  22. Baa Baa Black Sheep - 1
  23. Baa Baa Black Sheep - 2
  24. "Baa, Baa," says The Sheep.
  25. Bells
  26. Birds of a feather flock together.
  27. Birthday Poem to WIFE
  28. Bits of Paper
  29. Bow-Vow says The Dog.
  30. Bow- Wow says the dog.
  31. Bow, Wow, Wow
  32. Boxing Is Not Hard At All.
  33. Boys and Girls
  34. Brown Bear! Brown Bear!!
  35. Butterfly, Butterfly, flutter around.
  36. Bye-Baby Bunting
  37. Candid Candle!
  38. Charley Barley, butter and eggs
  39. Charley, Charley...
  40. Chin-Chin China Man
  41. Chook, chook, chook, chook, chook
  42. Chiristmas Bells
  43. Christmas is coming.
  44. Chubby Cheeks
  45. Chubby Cheeks Dimple Chin
  46. Clap Your Hands
  47. Cobbler, Cobbler, Mend My Shoe : 1
  48. Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe : 2
  49. Cock A Doodle Doo! - 1
  50. Cock A Doodle Doo! - 2
  51. Cock Crow In The Morn
  52. Colours
  53. Colourful Rainbow!
  54. Come, let's to bed
  55. Counting Rhyme
  56. Cycling
  57. Day is done!
  58. Diddle Diddle Dumpling
  59. Ding dong bell - 1
  60. Ding Dong Bell - 2
  61. Doctor Foster went to Gloucester.
  62. Donkey, Donkey
  63. Donkey, Donkey, Old and Grey
  64. Double Bubbles
  65. Down At the Bus Stop....
  66. Early To Bed
  67. Early To Bed and Early To Rise
  68. Eena Meena
  69. Eight Big Fingers
  70. Engine, Engine number nine - 1
  71. Engine Engine Number Nine - 2
  72. Evening Red...
  73. Fee, fi, fa, fum...
  74. Five Little Monkeys
  75. Five Little Soldiers - 1
  76. Five Little Soldiers - 2
  77. Flowers Have Opened.
  78. For Things That Grow
  79. Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie
  80. Girls and Boys
  81. God Bless
  82. God bless Mummy. - 1
  83. God Bless Mummy. - 2
  84. God Is Great.
  85. Golden Rules
  86. Good Afternoon! Good Afternoon!!
  87. Good Morning
  88. Good Night Sleep Tight - 1
  89. Good Night Sleep Tight - 2
  90. Goosey Goosey Gander - 1
  91. Goosey Goosey Gander - 2
  92. Grasshopper
  93. Green Says GO
  94. Happy Birthday Poems
  95. Happy Birthday to You
  96. Hello! Mr. Bunny Rabbit
  97. Hey diddle, diddle - 1
  98. Hey Diddle Diddle - 2
  99. Hickety Pickety
  100. Hickety, pickety, my black hen
  101. Hickory, Dickory, Dock,
  102. Home from School
  103. Hop A Little!
  104. Hop A Little. Jump A Little.
  105. Hot Cross Buns! - 1
  106. Hot Cross Buns! - 2
  107. Hot Cross Buns! - 3
  108. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
  109. I am a little tea-pot.
  110. I am a Tiger...
  111. I Am Big Tree...
  112. I Am Special
  113. I Can See Left.
  114. I clap with my hands.
  115. I do not like thee, Doctor Fell
  116. I had a little hen.
  117. I had a little nut tree
  118. I had a little pony
  119. I had a little wife.
  120. I Have A Little Nose.
  121. I hear Bells.
  122. I Hear Thunder. - 1
  123. I hear Thunder. - 2
  124. I love little pussy. - 1
  125. I Love Little Pussy. - 2
  126. I Love Little Pussy. - 3
  127. I See The Moon.
  128. If all the world was paper...
  129. If I Were An Apple...
  130. Incy Wincy Spider!
  131. Insy Winsy Spider!
  132. Ipsey Wipsey spider
  133. Itsy Bitsy Spider
  134. Jack and Jill...
  135. Jack be nimble
  136. Jack, Jack, Joe - 1
  137. Jack, Jack, Joe - 2
  138. Jack Sprat could eat no fat
  139. January Brings the Snow.
  140. Johny, Johny, Yes Mummy,
  141. Johny, Johny, Yes, Papa,
  142. Johny Johny Yes Pappa
  143. Kick The Ball.
  144. Knock At The Door Peep In
  145. Lady Bird Fly Away
  146. Lady Bird Lady Bird
  147. Lavender's Blue
  148. Left is The Window.
  149. Listen to my big drum.
  150. Little Betty Blue
  151. Little Bo and Sheep
  152. Little Bo Peep
  153. Little Boy Blue - 1
  154. Little Boy Blue - 2
  155. Little Boy Sunny
  156. Little Girl Little Girl
  157. Little Tommy Tucker
  158. Little Fingers
  159. Little Fishes!
  160. Little Fishes in a Brook
  161. Little Girl, Little Girl : 1
  162. Little Girl, Little Girl : 2
  163. Little Jack Horner
  164. Little Little Monkeys!
  165. Little Miss Muffett
  166. Little Peter Rabbit
  167. Little Polly Flinders
  168. Little Pup! Little Pup!!
  169. Little Robin Red Breast
  170. Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree
  171. Little Tea Pot
  172. Little Tommy Tucker : 1
  173. Little Tommy Tucker : 2
  174. Lolly-Pop - 1
  175. Lolly Pop - 2
  176. London Bridge
  177. Love Poems
  178. London's burning, London's burning...
  179. Lucy Locket
  180. Lucky Locket Lost Her Pocket
  181. Lullaby, Lullaby
  182. Mary Ann... Mary Ann...
  183. Mary had A Little Lamb - 1
  184. Mary Had A Little Lamb - 2
  185. Mary Mary Quite Contrary
  186. Mary, Mary quite contrary
  187. May God Bless You?
  188. Me
  189. Miss Molly
  190. Mix A Pancake! - 1
  191. Mix A Pancake! - 2
  192. Mix and Fry
  193. Monday's Child is fair of face.
  194. Moon and Star
  195. Mother May I go and bathe?
  196. Mr. East gave a feast.
  197. Mulberry Bush
  198. Mummy and Daddy
  199. Mummy Has Gone to London
  200. My Fingers
  201. My Jack in The Box! - 1
  202. My Jack In The Box! - 2
  203. My Jack In The Box! - 3
  204. My Kite
  205. My Little Bicycles!
  206. My Mother is my God.
  207. My mother said...
  208. My Red Balloon! - 1
  209. My Red Balloon! - 2
  210. My Top
  211. Not Hard At All
  212. Number Rhyme
  213. Numbers from 1 to 9
  214. Numbers from 10 to 20
  215. Numbers from 21 to 50
  216. O My My
  217. Oh! MY My
  218. One Two Buckle My Shoe
  219. Oh! Butterfly! Butterfly!!
  220. Oh! Dear, what can the matter be? - 1
  221. Oh! Dear, What Can The Matter Be? - 2
  222. Oh Where, oh where has my little dog gone?
  223. Old King Cole
  224. Old McDonald
  225. Old McDonald Had A Farm Ei-e-ah Ei-e-ah-o
  226. Old Mother Hubbard
  227. Once I Caught A Fish Alive
  228. Once I saw a little bird.
  229. One Little Two Little
  230. One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians
  231. One, two ...
  232. One More Joins!
  233. Oranges and Lemon
  234. Pat A Cake
  235. Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
  236. Peas Porridge Hot
  237. Pease Porridge Hot
  238. Peter and Paul
  239. Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater - 1
  240. Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater - 2
  241. Peter - The Clown
  242. Piggie and Engine
  243. Pit-Pat Well-A-Day
  244. Please Porridge Hot.
  245. Polly Put The Kettle On - 1
  246. Polly Put The Kettle On - 2
  247. Poppy, Poppy!
  248. Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
  249. Prayer - 1
  250. Prayer - 2
  251. Pussy Cat Mole
  252. Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
  253. Queen of Hearts
  254. Rabbits, Rabbits!
  255. Rain, Rain Come Soon
  256. Rain Rain Go Away - 1
  257. Rain Rain Go Away - 2
  258. Rat Tat Tat - 1
  259. Rat Tat Tat - 2
  260. Red Amber and Green
  261. Red sky at night
  262. Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross
  263. Ring-A-Ring O Roses - 1
  264. Ring-A-Ring O Roses - 2
  265. Ring A Ring o Roses - 2
  266. Rock A Bye Baby - 1
  267. Rock A Bye Baby - 2
  268. Romantic Love Poems
  269. Roses are Red. - 1
  270. Roses are Red. - 2
  271. Round and Round
  272. Row, row, row your boat - 1
  273. Row Row Row Your Boat - 2
  274. Rub-a-dub-dub
  275. Scare-Crow
  276. See-Saw Margery Daw
  277. See-Saw Up and Down
  278. Simple Simon - 1
  279. Simple Simon - 2
  280. Six little mice sat down to spin
  281. Sleep Baby Sleep
  282. Smiling Girls, Rosy Boys...
  283. Socks On The Line
  284. Solomon Grundy - 1
  285. Solomon Grundy - 2
  286. Star Light
  287. Stop, says The Red Light.
  288. Swing High, Swing High,
  289. Taffy was a Welshman
  290. Tea Pot
  291. Teddy Bear...Teddy Bear - 1
  292. Teddy Bear... Teddy Bear... - 2
  293. Teddy Bear...Teddy Bear - 2
  294. Ten Fluffy Yellow Chicks!
  295. Ten Little Fingers!
  296. Ten Little Fireman
  297. Thank You God
  298. The Bus
  299. The Cat and The Mat
  300. The Clock
  301. The Cock Doth Crow
  302. The Dog Says
  303. The Family!
  304. The Farmer’s In His Den.
  305. The Garden! : 1
  306. The Garden! : 2
  307. The Grocer's Shop
  308. The Lion and The Unicorn - 1
  309. The Lion and The Unicorns - 2
  310. The Moon
  311. The Sun and The Moon
  312. The System Call
  313. The Tick-Tock Clock
  314. The Wheels on The Bus
  315. The Wind and The Rain
  316. The Zig-Zag Boy
  317. The Zoo!
  318. There Comes A Bull.
  319. There was a little girl and she had a little curl
  320. There was a little man and he had a little gun.
  321. There Was An Old Woman
  322. There was an old woman called Nothing-at-all.
  323. Three Blind Mice : 1
  324. Three Blind Mice : 2
  325. Three Blind Mice : 3
  326. Tick Tock
  327. Tiger, Tiger, Orange and Black!
  328. To Market To Market - 1
  329. To Market To Market - 2
  330. Tom, Tom, the piper’s son
  331. Tommy kept a chandler's shop.
  332. Tommy, Trot, a man of law
  333. Tooth-Brush
  334. Tweedledum and Tweedledee
  335. Two Little Ducks
  336. Two Little Hands...
  337. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star - 1
  338. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - 2
  339. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - 3
  340. Two Little Dicky Birds - 1
  341. Two Little Dicky Birds - 2
  342. Waiting
  343. Washing Day! - 1
  344. Washing Day! - 2
  345. Way to Babylon
  346. Wee Willie Winkie! - 1
  347. Wee Willie Winkie! - 2
  348. Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town
  349. What the Directions Say?
  350. William and Mary
  351. Work while you work. - 1
  352. Work While You Work. - 2
  353. Wow, Vegetables!
  354. Yankee Doodle
  355. Yankee Doodle came to town.
  356. Yankee Doodle Went To Town
  357. ZERO


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