List of nursery rhymes
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This is a list of English nursery rhymes.
| Title | Other titles | Place of Origin | Date First Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Aiken Drum' | Scotland | 1825 | |
| 'A Was an Apple Pie' | England | 1671 | |
| 'A Wise Old Owl' | USA? | 1915 | |
| 'A-Tisket, A-Tasket' | USA | c. 1879 | |
| 'As I was going by Charing Cross' | 'As I was going to Charing Cross' | England | 17th century |
| 'As I was going to St Ives' | England | c. 1730 | |
| 'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep' | England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Billy Boy' | USA | 1930 | |
| 'Bingo' | England | c. 1780 | |
| 'Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea' | England | 1805 | |
| 'Bye, Baby Bunting' | England | 1784 | |
| 'Cock-a-Doodle Doo' | England | 1765 | |
| 'Did You Ever See a Lassie?' | USA? Scotland? | 1895-1900 | |
| 'Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling, My Son John' | England | 1797 | |
| 'Ding Dong Bell' | England | 1580 | |
| 'Doctor Foster' | England | 1844 | |
| 'Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe' | Britain or USA | 1888 | |
| 'Eeper Weeper' | 'Heeper Peeper' | England | late 19th early 20th century |
| 'Five Little Speckled Frogs' | USA? | 20th century | |
| 'Frère Jacques' | 'Brother John' | France | c. 1780 |
| 'Frog Went A-Courting' | 'A frog he would a-wooing go' | England | 1611 |
| 'Georgie Porgie' | England | c. 1850 | |
| 'Girls and Boys Come Out To Play' | 'Boys and Girls Come Out to Play' | England | 1708 |
| 'Goosey Goosey Gander' | England | 1784 | |
| 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush' | 'Mulberry Bush' | England | c. 1850 |
| 'Hey Diddle Diddle' | England | c. 1765 | |
| 'Hickory Dickory Dock' | 'Hickety Dickety Dock' | England | c. 1744 |
| 'Hot Cross Buns' | England | 1797 | |
| 'How Many Miles to Babylon?' | Scotland | 1801 | |
| 'Humpty Dumpty' | England | 1803 | |
| 'Hush Little Baby' | USA | ? | |
| 'If Wishes Were Horses, Beggars Would Ride' | 'If wishes were horses' | Britain | 1605 |
| 'I Do Not Like Thee, Doctor Fell' | England | 1680 | |
| 'I Had a Little Nut Tree' | England | 1789 | |
| 'I'm a Little Teapot' | USA | 1939 | |
| 'I Love Little Pussy' | England | 1830 | |
| 'It's Raining, It's Pouring' | USA | 1939 | |
| 'Itsy Bitsy Spider' | 'Eensy Weensy Spider' | USA | 1910 |
| 'Jack and Jill' | England | c. 1765 | |
| 'Jackanory' | England | c. 1760 | |
| 'Jack Be Nimble' | England | c. 1815 | |
| 'Jack Sprat' | England | 1639 | |
| 'Ladybird Ladybird' | 'Ladybug Ladybug' | Britain | c. 1744 |
| 'Lavender's Blue' | 'Lavender Blue' | England | late 17th century |
| 'Little Arabella Miller' | USA? | 20th century | |
| 'Little Bo Peep' | England | c. 1805 | |
| 'Little Boy Blue' | England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Little Jack Horner' | England | 1725 | |
| 'Little Miss Muffet' | England | 1805 | |
| 'Little Poll Parrot' | England | 1853 | |
| 'Little Robin Redbreast' | England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Little Tommy Tucker' | England | c. 1744 | |
| 'London Bridge Is Falling Down' | England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Lucy Locket' | England or USA | 1842 | |
| 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' | USA | 1830 | |
| 'Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary' | England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Matthew, Mark, Luke and John' | "Black Paternoster" | Britain | 1656 |
| 'Monday's Child' | England | 1838 | |
| 'Needles and Pins' | England | 1843 | |
| 'Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep' | USA | 1737 | |
| 'Nuts in May' | 'Gathering Nuts in May' | England | 1894 |
| 'Old King Cole' | England | 1708-1709 | |
| 'Old McDonald Had a Farm' | USA | 1917 | |
| 'Old Mother Hubbard' | England | 1805 | |
| 'On Top of Old Smoky' | USA | 1951 | |
| 'One for Sorrow' | Britain | c. 1780 | |
| 'One, Two, Buckle My Shoe' | England or USA | 1805 | |
| 'One, Two, Three, Four, Five' | England | c. 1765 | |
| 'Oranges and Lemons' | England | c. 1744 | |
| ' Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake, Baker's Man' | "Pat-a-cake", "patty-cake" or "pattycake" | England | 1698 |
| 'Pease Porridge Hot' | 'Peas Porridge Hot' or 'Pease Pudding Hot' | England | c. 1765 |
| 'Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater' | USA? | c. 1825 | |
| 'Peter Piper' | England | 1813 | |
| 'Polly Put the Kettle On' | England | 1803 | |
| 'Poor Mary' | 'Poor Jenny' or 'Poor Sally' | England | 1880s |
| 'Pop Goes the Weasel' | England | 1850s | |
| 'Pretty Little Dutch Girl' | USA | 1940s | |
| 'The Queen of Hearts' | Britain | 1782 | |
| 'Pussy Cat Pussy Cat' | Britain | 1805 | |
| 'Rain Rain Go Away' | England | 1659 | |
| 'Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross' | England | 1784 | |
| 'Ring-a-Ring o' Roses' | 'Ring Around the Rosie' | England | 1881 |
| 'Rock-a-bye Baby' | Hush a bye Baby | England | c. 1765 |
| 'Roses are Red' | England | 1784 | |
| 'Round and Round the Garden' | Britain | 1940s | |
| 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' | USA | 1852 | |
| 'Rub-a-Dub Dub' | England | 1798 | |
| 'See Saw Margery Daw' | Britain | c. 1765 | |
| 'Simple Simon' | England | 1764 | |
| 'Sing a Song of Sixpence' | England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Solomon Grundy' | Britain | 1842 | |
| 'Star Light, Star Bright' | USA | late 19th century | |
| 'Sticks and Stones' | Britain | before 1872 | |
| 'Taffy was a Welshman' | England | c. 1780 | |
| 'Ten Little Indians' | USA | 1868 | |
| 'The Farmer in the Dell' | 'The Farmer's in his Den' | Germany | 1820 |
| 'The Grand Old Duke of York' | 'The Noble Duke of York' | England | 1642 |
| 'The Lion and the Unicorn' | England | 1708-1709 | |
| 'The Muffin Man' | England | c. 1820 | |
| 'The Wheels on the Bus' | USA | late 20th century | |
| 'There Was a Crooked Man' | Britain | 1842 | |
| 'There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe' | England | 1794 | |
| 'There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a Hill' | England | 1714 | |
| 'This Is The House That Jack Built' | England | 1755 | |
| 'This Little Piggy' | 'This Little Pig' | England | c. 1760 |
| 'This Old Man' | England | 1906 | |
| 'Three Blind Mice' | England | 1609 | |
| 'Three Little Kittens' | USA | 1853 | |
| 'Three Wise Men of Gotham' | England | c. 1765 | |
| 'Tinker, Tailor' | England | 1695 | |
| 'To Market, to Market' | England | 1611 | |
| 'Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son' | Britain | 1795 | |
| 'Tweedledum and Tweedledee' | Britain | 1805 | |
| 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' | Britain | 1806 | |
| 'Two Little Dickie Birds' | Britain | c. 1765 | |
| 'Wee Willie Winkie' | Scotland | 1841 | |
| 'What Are Little Boys Made Of?' | 'What Are Little Girls Made Of?' | Britain | c. 1820 |
| 'Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone?' | 'Der Deitcher's Dog' | Germany | 1846 |
| 'Who Killed Cock Robin?' | England | c. 1744 | |
| 'Wind the Bobbin Up' | England | 1890s | |
| 'Wynken, Blynken, and Nod' | USA | 1889 |
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