Quotes from Anonymous: Nursery Rhymes

Peter, Peter Pumpkin-Eater,Had a wife and couldn't keep her.He put her in a pumpkin shell,And there he kept her very well.

There was an old woman tossed in a blanket,Seventeen times as high as the moon;But where she was going no mortal could tell,For under her arm she carried a broom.Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I,Whither, ah whither, ah whither so high?To sweep the cobwebs from the sky,And I'll be with you by and by.

Oranges and lemons,Say the bells of St. Clement's.You owe me five farthings,Say the bells of St. Martin's.When will you pay me?Say the bells of Old Bailey.When I grow rich,Say the bells of Shoreditch.

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,How does your garden grow?With silver bells, and cockleshells,And pretty maids all in a row.

What are little girls made of?Sugar and spice, and everything nice;That's what little girls are made of.

Rub-a-dub-dub,Three men in a tub,And who do you think they be?The butcher, the baker,The candlestick-maker;And all of them went to sea!

With a rowley powley gammon and spinach,Heigh-ho says Anthony Rowley.

Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?I've been to London to look at the queen.Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you there?I frightened a little mouse under the chair.

London Bridge is falling down,My fair lady.

"Who killed Cock Robin?""I," said the sparrow,"With my bow and arrow,I killed Cock Robin."

Jack and Jill went up the hillTo fetch a pail of water;Jack fell down and broke his crown,And Jill came tumbling after.

Sukey, take it off again,They've all gone away.

Hickety pickety, my black hen,She lays eggs for gentlemen.Gentlemen come every dayTo see what my black hen doth lay.

I saw three ships come sailing by,Come sailing by, come sailing by,I saw three ships come sailing by,On New Year's Day in the morning.

Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green;When I am king, dilly dilly, you shall be queen.

When good King Arthur ruled this land,He was a goodly king,He bought three pecks of barley meal,To make a bag pudding.

A frog he would a-wooing go.Sing heigh-ho says Rowley.

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,Home again, home again, jiggety-jig.

Polly, put the kettle on,We'll all have tea.

Rain, rain, go away,Come again another day.

I had a little nut tree, nothing would it bearBut a silver nutmeg and a golden pear;The king of Spain's daughter came to visit me,And all for the sake of my little nut tree.

Curlylocks, Curlylocks,Wilt thou be mine?Thou shalt not wash dishesNor yet feed the swine,But sit on a cushionAnd sew a fine seam,And feed upon strawberries,Sugar and cream.

Pease-porridge hot, pease-porridge cold,Pease-porridge in the pot, nine days old.

The man in the wilderness asked of meHow many strawberries grew in the sea.I answered him as I thought good,"As many as red herrings grow in the wood."