Nursery Rhymes

Margaret Tarrant

• Publisher: Braunfell Books
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN: 9781839749490
• Edition: 0

This is a lovely collection of children's nursery rhymes by celebrated children's author and illustrator Margaret Tarrant. Contents include well-loved rhymes such as 'Little Bo-Peep', 'See-Saw Margery Daw', 'Jack and Jill', and 'There was an old woman who lived in a shoe'.
Margaret Winifred Tarrant (1888-1959) was an English illustrator and children's author, who wrote a range of books on fairy-tales and religion. She is best known for her illustrations for 'The Water Babies', which she drew and painted when she was only twenty years old.-Print ed.

Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• LITTLE MISS MUFFET.
• COLOUR PLATES
• OLD MOTHER HUBBARD.
• JACK AND JILL.
• HOT CROSS BUNS.
• LADY BIRD, LADY BIRD, FLY AWAY HOME.
• THIRTY DAYS HATH SEPTEMBER.
• MONDAY’S CHILD IS FAIR OF FACE.
• BESSY BELL AND MARY GRAY.
• A RED SKY IN THE MORNING.
• THE BRAVE OLD DUKE OF YORK.
• HE THAT WOULD THRIVE.
• THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.
• NEEDLES AND PINS.
• THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN.
• MY LITTLE OLD MAN.
• GO TO BED FIRST.
• THE COCK DOTH CROW.
• DIDDLE, DIDDLE, DUMPLING.
• PAT-A-CAKE, PAT-A-CAKE, BAKER’S MAN.
• THERE WAS A LITTLE MAN.
• SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE
• A STAR.
• THREE JOVIAL CHINAMEN.
• OVER THE WATER TO CHARLEY.
• THREE BLIND MICE.
• IF ALL THE WORLD WAS APPLE-PIE.
• THE LION AND THE UNICORN.
• HICKETY, PICKETY, MY BLACK HEN.
• I LOVE LITTLE PUSSY.
• AS I WAS GOING TO SELL MY EGGS.
• THERE WAS A JOLLY MILLER.
• PLEASE TO REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.
• BLOW, WIND, BLOW!
• FOUR-AND-TWENTY TAILORS.
• OH, WHERE, OH, WHERE IS MY LITTLE DOG GONE?
• THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
• DICKORY, DICKORY, DARE.
• DOCTOR FAUSTUS.
• TOM, TOM, THE PIPER’S SON.
• THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW.
• MULTIPLICATION IS VEXATION.
• BARBER, BARBER, SHAVE A PIG.
• GREGORY GRIGGS.
• SNEEZE ON MONDAY.
• LITTLE BO-PEEP.
• WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN?
• HUMPTY DUMPTY.
• GOOSEY, GOOSEY, GANDER.
• WHAT ARE LITTLE BOYS MADE OF?
• SEE-SAW, MARGERY DAW.
• WHEN THE WIND IS IN THE EAST.
• ST. SWITHIN’S DAY.
• LITTLE ROBIN REDBREAST.
• THERE WAS A MAN, AND HE HAD NAUGHT.
• TELL-TALE TIT!
• BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP.
• TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR.
• THE SPIDER AND THE FLY.
• SEE-SAW, SACRADOWN.
• TWEEDLE-DUM AND TWEEDLE-DEE.
• THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN LIVED UNDER A HILL.
• THE PUDDING-STRING.
• THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN CALLED NOTHING-AT-ALL.
• TOMMY KEPT A CHANDLER’S SHOP.
• THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN, AND WHAT DO YOU THINK?
• FINGER-NAILS.
• LITTLE JACK HORNER.
• IF WISHES WERE HORSES.
• LITTLE BETTY PRINGLE.
• I HAD A LITTLE DOG.
• BOW, WOW, WOW!
• ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE.
• HOW MANY DAYS?
• NUTS AN’ MAY.
• HUSH-A-BYE, BABY.
• THE BARBER SHAVED THE MASON.
• LITTLE TOMMY TRACKET.
• TO MAKE YOUR CANDLES LAST FOR AYE.
• HANDY SPANDY.
• ONE MISTY, MOISTY MORNING.
• TO MARKET, TO MARKET TO BUY A FAT PIG.
• POLLY, PUT THE KETTLE ON.
• DAME, GET UP AND BAKE YOUR PIES.
• A FROG HE WOULD A-WOOING GO.
• I HAD A LITTLE NUT-TREE.
• PIT, PAT, WELL-A-DAY.
• LITTLE LAD, LITTLE LAD.
• TIT-TAT-TOE.
• LITTLE BETTY BLUE.
• ROBIN AND RICHARD.
• THE BONNIE CRAVAT.
• WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO, MY PRETTY MAID?
• THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS.
• GALLOP A DREARY DUN.
• OLD KING COLE.
• THE TIDY WIFE.
• GOOSEY, GOOSEY, GANDER
• PIPPIN HILL.
• IS JOHN SMITH WITHIN?
• TWO LITTLE DICKEY-BIRDS.
• COCK ROBIN GOT UP EARLY.
• BAT, BAT.
• PEASE PUDDING HOT.
• THE FAIRY FOLK.
• ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
• ELIZABETH, ELSPETH, BETSY AND BESS.
• THERE WAS A MAN OF NEWINGTON.
• HIGH DIDDLE DOUBT, MY CANDLE’S OUT.
• BIRDS OF A FEATHER.
• OLD WOMAN, OLD WOMAN, SHALL WE GO A-SHEARING?
• MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN.
• THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN, AS I’VE HEARD TELL.
• MERRY ARE THE BELLS.
• I THINK SO; DON’T YOU?
• DAVY, DAVY DUMPLING.
• LUCY LOCKET LOST HER POCKET.
• THE OLD MAN WHO LIVED IN A WOOD.
• THE GIRL IN THE LANE.
• JERRY AND JAMES AND JOHN.
• ROBERT BARNES.
• WEE WILLIE WINKIE.
• AWAY, BIRDS, AWAY!
• PUSSY-CAT MOLE.
• WE’RE ALL IN THE DUMPS.
• MARY’S LAMB.
• ONCE I SAW A LITTLE BIRD.
• SUMMER IS I-COMEN IN.
• ALL OF A ROW.
• LITTLE JENNY WREN.
• SWAN, SWAN, OVER THE SEA.
• A DOG AND A CAT.
• HEY DIDDLE, DINKETTY.
• A FARMER WENT TROTTING.
• WHEN A TWISTER, A-TWISTING.
• COME WHEN YOU’RE CALLED.
• CRIPPLE DICK UPON A STICK.
• BLESS YOU, BLESS YOU, BUMBLE-BEE!
• THE TWENTY-NINTH OF MAY.
• ONE TO MAKE READY.
• POP GOES THE WEASEL.
• WHEN JACKY’S A VERY GOOD BOY.
• FRIDAY NIGHT’S DREAM.
• THEY THAT WASH ON MONDAY.
• A CAT CAME FIDDLING OUT OF A BARN.
• I SAW A SHIP A-SAILING.
• MY LADY WIND.
• DAFFY-DOWN-DILLY.
• JOHNNY SHALL HAVE A NEW BONNET.
• RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY.
• JACK SPRAT.
• LITTLE BOB SNOOKS.
• ROSY, AND COLIN, AND DUN.
• TITTY MOUSE.
• A WAS AN ARCHER.
• THERE WAS A LITTLE GUINEA-PIG.
• THERE WAS A LITTLE MAN.
• COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!
• MY FATHER LEFT ME THREE ACRES OF LAND.
• THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN TOSS’D UP IN A BASKET.
• I HAD A LITTLE HUSBAND.
• PUSSY-CAT, PUSSY-CAT.
• AROUND THE GREEN GRAVEL.
• THREE CHILDREN SLIDING ON THE ICE.
• MR. PUNCHINELLO.
• “CROAK!” SAID THE TOAD.
• BONNY LASS.
• I HAD A LITTLE COW
• JACK A NORY.
• PETER PIPER.
• WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
• RIDE A COCK-HORSE TO BANBURY CROSS.
• LONDON BRIDGE IS BROKEN DOWN.
• MARCH WINDS AND APRIL SHOWERS.
• HANNAH BANTRY.
• THERE WAS A PIPER.
• HERE’S FINIKY HAWKES.
• LITTLE TOM TUCKER.
• WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY.
• THERE WAS A MONKEY.
• OLD MOTHER GOOSE.
• LITTLE POLL PARROT.
• AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES.
• BOW-WOW, SAYS THE DOG.
• MISTER FOX, O!
• WILLY BOY, WILLY BOY.
• HERE COMES A POOR WOMAN.
• I WOULD IF I COULD.
• LITTLE MAID, PRETTY MAID.
• I’LL SING YOU A SONG.
• LITTLE GIRL, LITTLE GIRL.
• TEN LITTLE MICE.
• CLAP HANDS, CLAP HANDS.
• I LOVE SIXPENCE.
• THERE WAS A RAT.
• DING, DONG, BELL.
• THE TURTLE-DOVE’S NEST.
• CRY, BABY, CRY.
• SOLOMON GRUNDY.
• LITTLE TOMMY TITTLEMOUSE.
• A CARRION CROW SAT ON AN OAK.
• A APPLE PIE.
• THIS IS THE WAY THE LADIES RIDE.
• ELSIE MARLEY.
• I SAW THREE SHIPS COME SAILING BY.
• COLLY, MY COW.
• THE BELLS OF ST. CLEMENT’S.
• HARK! HARK! THE DOGS DO BARK.
• THE FAIR MAID WHO, THE FIRST OF MAY.
• THE CUCKOO’S A FINE BIRD.
• THE MAN IN THE WILDERNESS.
• CROSS PATCH.
• PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER.
• FIDDLE-DE-DEE.
• TWELVE HUNTSMEN.
• BABY, BABY BUNTING.
• MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER.
• I HAD A LITTLE HOBBY-HORSE.
• CHARLEY WARLEY HAD A COW.
• DARBY AND JOAN.
• DANCE TO YOUR DADDY.
• A MAN OF WORDS AND NOT OF DEEDS.
• YANKEE DOODLE.
• LITTLE BOY BLUE.
• HUSH BABY, MY DOLL.
• WHEN GOOD KING ARTHUR RULED THIS LAND.
• LITTLE ROBIN REDBREAST.
• OF ALL THE GAY BIRDS.
• SIMPLE SIMON.
• A CAT MAY LOOK AT A KING.
• LITTLE JUMPING JOAN.
• A LITTLE COCK SPARROW.
• OH, THAT I WAS WHERE I WOULD BE!
• I HAD A LITTLE WIFE.
• SONG FOR TWELFTH NIGHT.
• THERE WAS AN OWL.
• IF ALL THE SEAS WERE ONE SEA.
• COBBLER, COBBLER, MEND MY SHOE.
• THE MOCK TURTLE’S SONG.
• SNEEL, SNAUL.
• ROBIN HOOD.
• LITTLE POLLY FLINDERS.
• LEND ME THY MARE.
• JACKY, COME GIVE ME THY FIDDLE.
• UP STREET, AND DOWN STREET.
• I HAD A LITTLE MOPPET.
• WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY.
• MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY
• LITTLE JACK DANDY-PRAT.
• THE DOVE SAYS COO, COO.
• A LONG-TAILED PIG, OR A SHORT-TAILED PIG.
• ABOUT THE BUSH, WILLY.
• RAIN, RAIN, GO TO SPAIN.
• WOOLEY FOSTER’S GONE TO SEA.
• DOODLE, DOODLE, DOO.
• RUB A DUB DUB.
• A DOG AND A COCK.
• SNAIL, SNAIL, COME OUT OF YOUR HOLE.
• THERE WAS A FROG LIVED IN A WELL.
• A PYE SAT ON A PEAR-TREE.
• A DILLER, A DOLLAR.
• THE SQUIRREL.
• OH, DEAR, WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE?
• JOHN COOK’S LITTLE GRAY MARE.
• I HAD TWO PIGEONS BRIGHT AND GAY.
• THERE WERE TWO BIRDS SAT ON A STONE.
• TOM BROWN’S TWO LITTLE INDIAN BOYS.
• FOR WANT OF A NAIL, THE SHOE WAS LOST.
• DAME, WHAT MAKES YOUR DUCKS TO DIE?
• THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE.
• TO BED, TO BED.
• MY PRETTY MAID MARY.
• OLD FARMER GILES.
• A SWARM OF BEES IN MAY.
• HOGS IN THE GARDEN.
• COCK-A-DOODLE-DO.
• UNDER THE FURZE.
• BUZ, QUOTH THE BLUEFLY.
• ROSEMARY GREEN
• HEY, DIDDLE, DIDDLE.
• IF “IFS” AND “ANS.”
• A LITTLE BOY AND A LITTLE GIRL.
• THE KING OF FRANCE.
• TOMMY SNOOKS AND BESSY BROOKS.
• THE BAKER’S REPLY TO THE NEEDLE PEDLAR.
• THREE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM.
• HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH.
• MY FATHER HE DIED.
• SMILING GIRLS, ROSY BOYS.
• I HAD A LITTLE PONY.
• BELL-HORSES.
• DID YOU EVER?
• PEG, PEG, WITH A WOODEN LEG.
• AS I WAS GOING UP THE HILL.
• EVENING RED AND MORNING GRAY.
• ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
• THE MAN IN THE MOON.
• TO MARKET, TO MARKET, TO BUY A PLUM CAKE.
• PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND THYME.
• SNAIL, SNAIL, PUT OUT YOUR HORNS.
• CHARLEY WAG.
• DIDDLEDY, DIDDLEDY, DUMPTY.
• I HAD A LITTLE COW.
• IF I’D AS MUCH MONEY AS I COULD TELL.
• CHRISTMAS IS COMING.
• DID YOU SEE MY WIFE?
• WHEN THE SAND DOTH FEED THE CLAY.
• OH, POOR ROBINSON CRUSOE!
• THERE WAS A FAT MAN OF BOMBAY.
• SNAIL, SNAIL, SHOOT OUT YOUR HORNS.
• DICKORY, DICKORY, DOCK.
• IN FIR TAR IS.
• AS I WALKED BY MYSELF
• BLUE EYE BEAUTY.
• THREE STRAWS ON A STAFF.
• SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP.
• BROW BRINKY.
• THUMB BOLD.
• JACK, BE NIMBLE.
• PETER WHITE.
• LEG OVER LEG.
• GEORGIE PORGIE.
• BIRCH AND GREEN HOLLY, BOYS.
• GRAY GOOSE AND GANDER.
• AS I WENT TO BONNER.
• HOURS OF SLEEP.
• TINKER, TAILOR.
• BIG HOUSE, LITTLE HOUSE.
• THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR.
• COACH, CARRIAGE.
• A WELL.
• A CANDLE.
• ANN.
• A STAR.
• TWO LEGS SAT UPON THREE LEGS.
• A THORN.
• AN EGG.
• A QUILL PEN.
• A NEEDLE AND THREAD.
• ANDREW, THE SCHOLAR.
• A WALNUT.
• A PAIR OF TONGS.
• A CHERRY.
• CURRANTS.
• THE RAINBOW AND THE CUCKOO.
• A SUNSHINY SHOWER.
• GREAT A, LITTLE A.
• THIS PIG WENT TO THE BARN.
• TOM, TOM, THE PIPER’S SON.
• ONE, TWO, WHATEVER YOU DO.
• WHEN V AND I TOGETHER MEET.
• THE ROSE IS RED.
• HINK, MINX!
• FOR EVERY ILL BENEATH THE SUN.
• SHOE THE HORSE AND SHOE THE MARE.
• GLOVES.
• A RAINBOW.
• COALS.
• A PLUM PUDDING.
• TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN.
• TRIP TRAP OVER THE GRASS.
• RING THE BELL.
• THUMBIKIN, THUMBIKIN.
• ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
• RING-A-RING OF ROSES.
• HERE SITS THE LORD MAYOR.
• HOW MANY MILES IS IT TO BABYLON?
• BLIND MAN, BLIND MAN.
• DANCE, THUMBKIN, DANCE.
• SHOE THE COLT, SHOE!
• I WENT UP ONE PAIR OF STAIRS.
• CRADLE SONG.
• DANCE LITTLE BABY.
• GOLDEN SLUMBERS.
• HUSH! MY DEAR, LIE STILL AND SLUMBER.
• HUSH-A-BA, BIRDIE.
• HUSH-A-BYE, LIE STILL AND SLEEP
• SLEEP! SLEEP! BEAUTY BRIGHT.
• THIS LITTLE PIG WENT TO MARKET.
• ROCK-A-BYE, BABY.
• GRISSELL’S LULLABY.
• SLEEP, SWEET BABE!
• LULLA, LULLA, LULLABY.
• LET US GO TO THE WOOD.
• GERMAN CRADLE SONG.
• THE QUEEN OF HEARTS.
• TRY AGAIN.
• FATHER WILLIAM.
• THE DAUGHTER OF THE FARRIER.
• GIRLS AND BOYS, COME OUT TO PLAY.
• DOCTOR FOSTER WENT TO GLOSTER.
• WYNKEN, BLYNKEN, AND NOD.
• LADYBIRD.
• MASTER RIDDLE-ME-ROO.
• DINGTY DIDDLETY.
• SHEPHERD’S CLOCKS.
• NOW CHRISTMAS IS COME.
• FRENCH CRADLE-SONG.
• ABSTRACT