Three children sliding on the ice Upon a summer’s day, As it fell out, they all fell in, The rest they ran away. Oh, had these children been at school, Or sliding on dry ground, Ten thousand pounds to one …[Continue]
Doctor McSwattle
Doctor McSwattle Filled up a bottle With vinegar, varnish, and rum. And offered a swallow To all who would follow The call of his trumpet and drum. It’s good, I am told, For a cough or a cold; It’s good …[Continue]
The Little Girl With A Curl
There was a little girl who had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead; When she was good, she was very, very good, And when she was bad she was horrid….[Continue]
Wonderful Person Of Sparta
There was an Old Person of Sparta, Who had twenty-five sons and one “darter;” He fed them on Snails, and weighed them in scales, That wonderful Person of Sparta. Edward Lear…[Continue]
Father And Mother And Uncle John
Fiddle dee dee, fiddle dee dee, The fly has married the bumblebee. They went to the church, And married was she. The fly has married the bumblebee….[Continue]
Clap Handies
Clap, clap handies, Mammie’s wee, wee ain; Clap, clap handies, Daddie’s comin’ hame, Hame till his bonny wee bit laddie; Clap, clap handies, My wee, wee ain….[Continue]
I Had A Little Husband
I had a little husband no bigger than my thumb, I put him in a pint pot, and there I bid him drum, I bought a little handkerchief to wipe his little nose, And a pair of little garters to …[Continue]
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again!…[Continue]
An Old Person Of Buda
There was an Old Person of Buda, Whose conduct grew ruder and ruder, Till at last with a hammer they silenced his clamor. By smashing that Person of Buda. Edward Lear…[Continue]
To Garry On The Toot-Toot
Oh, I want to go to Garry On the toot-toot, toot-toot, You and I together On the toot-toot, toot-toot. Go run and ask your mother For some kind of cake or other, And a bit of cotton wadding For your …[Continue]
Little Robin Redbreast Sat Upon a Tree
Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree, Up went pussy cat, and down went he! Down came pussy, and away Robin ran; Says little Robin Redbreast, “Catch me if you can!” Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a wall, Pussy cat …[Continue]
The Man Who Had Naught
There was a man and he had naught, And robbers came to rob him; He crept up to the chimney pot, And then they thought they had him. But he got down on t’other side, And then they could not …[Continue]
