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Traditional English Nursery Rhymes

Monday, 28 October 2013

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are !
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky !

When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

Then the traveller in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark;
How could he see where to go
If you did not twinkle so ?

In the deep blue sky you keep,
Often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye
Till the sun is in the sky.

Thursday, 24 October 2013

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue, come blow up your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the
corn;
But where is the boy that looks after the sheep ?
He's under the haycock, fast asleep,
Will you wake him ?  No not I ;
For if I do, he'll be sure to cry.

Monday, 21 October 2013

Oranges and Lemons

Gay go up and gay go down,
To ring the bells of London town.
Two sticks and an apple,
Say the bells at Whitechapel.
Old father Baldpate,
Say the bells at Aldgate.
Maids in white aprons,
Say the bells at St. Catherines.
Kettles and pans,
Say the bells at St. Ann's.
Pokers and tongs,
Say the bells at St. John's.
Bulls' eyes and targets,
Say the bells at St. Marg'ret's.
Brickbat and tiles,
Say the bells of St. Giles.
Halfpence and farthings,
Say the bells of St. Martin's.
Pancakes and fritters,
Say the bells of St. Peter's.
Oranges and Lemons,
Say the bells of St. Clement's.
You owe me ten shillings,
Say the bells at St. Helen's.
When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey.
When I am rich,
Say the bells at Shoreditch.
When will that be ?
Say the bells at Stepney.
I'm sure I don't know,
Says the great bell at Bow.
Here comes a candle to light you to bed,
And here comes a chopper to chop off the
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Last_man's head!!
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