Land of playFront matterReading editionChapter navigation198 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterLand of PlayACKNOWLEDGMENTSHIE AWAY.CHARLIE’S STORY.Old King Cole.Rub-a-Dub-Dub.There Was a Little Man.Fiddle-de-dee.SEVEN TIMES ONE.GOING INTO BREECHES.MR. PEGGOTTY’S HOUSE.Buff says Buff.Hark, hark! the Dogs do Bark!APRIL.THE TABLE AND THE CHAIR.Tom, Tom.Eye Winker, Tom Tinker.THE BRAVE BROTHER.THERE’S NOTHING LIKE THE ROSE.A CONTEST BETWEEN NOSE AND EYESThe Old Woman and Her Pig.As Tommy Snooks.As Tittymouse sat.THE BROWN THRUSH.OUR MOTHER.A LOBSTER QUADRILLE.THE TAX-GATHERER.THE BAREFOOT BOY.A STORY OF WASHINGTON.There Was a Fat Man of Bombay.Sing a Song of Sixpence.EPITAPH ON A FREE BUT TAME REDBREAST.SLOTH MAKES ALL THINGS DIFFICULT.Humpty Dumpty.Hot-Cross Buns!MY BLUE-EYED BABY BOY.PLAYING TABLEAUX.Old Mother Hubbard.Here am I.Hurly, Burly.I Went up One Pair of Stairs.Elsie Marley.WHAT DOES LITTLE BIRDIE SAY?THE RAINBOW.Hey! Diddle, Diddle.Little Jack Jingle.Cock Robin Got Up Early.Pussy-cat, Pussy-cat.SPRING SONG.DUTY.Dickory, Dickory, Dock.There Was an Old Man.PLAYING MOTHER—A MONOLOGUE.There Was a Little Girl.Ladybird, Ladybird, Fly Away Home.Curly Locks! Curly Locks!Little Bob Snooks.FOLLOW ME.To Make Your Candles Last.Tommy Trot.There Were Two Blackbirds.There Was an Old Man.Mary Had a Little Lamb.A MODEST WIT.LITTLE THINGS.THE BOY WHO NEVER TOLD A LIE.Saw, Sacradown.Little Boy Blue.Once I Saw a Little Bird.Jack and Jill.Dame, Get Up, and Bake Your Pies.Willy, Willy Wilkin.Thirty Days Hath September.Come, Dance a Jig.March Winds.THE FROG AND THE OX.A CHILD’S LAUGHTER.THE BOY AND THE SHEEP.There Was an Old Woman.Oh, the Little Rusty, Dusty, Rusty Miller.Four-and-Twenty Tailors.When I Was a Little Girl.Three Little Kittens.Little Tommy Tucker.DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY STARS?A VIOLET BANK.A BLADE OF GRASS.GOOD-NIGHT AND GOOD-MORNING.Sing, Sing! What Shall I Sing?Pease-Pudding Hot.Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-eater.Little Miss Muffet.My Lady Wind, my Lady Wind.What is the Rhyme for Porringer?The Queen of Hearts.Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid?Here We Go Up, Up, Up.Oh, Dear! What Can the Matter Be?For Every Evil Under the Sun.MY FATHER WAS A FARMER.HIAWATHA’S CHILDHOOD.As I was Going to St. Ives.Merry are the Bells.AMERICA.THE NATIONAL FLAG.MARJORIE’S BATH.BLIND MAN’S BUFF.The Death and Burial of Cock Robin.LONDON BRIDGE.THE SWALLOW.BUTTERCUPS.As I Was Going o’er Westminster Bridge.Margery Mutton-pie.Simple Simon Met a Pieman.FABLE.Solomon Grundy.Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.Bell-Horses, Bell-Horses.THE FIELD MOUSE AND THE TOWN MOUSE.A DUTCH WINTER.IF I WERE A COBBLER.THANKSGIVING DAY.HALLUCINATIONS.LET US HAVE FAITH.LUCY’S BALLOON.London Bridge is Broken Down.See a Pin and Pick It Up.Pussy-Cat, Wussy-Cat.The Man in the Wilderness.Poor Dog Bright.Johnny Shall Have a New Bonnet.CHOOSING A NAME.A LITTLE NEGLECT MAY BREED MISCHIEF.RULES OF BEHAVIOR.THE LOST DOLL.OLD SANTA CLAUS.A RIDDLE.A BOY’S SONG.LET DOGS DELIGHT TO BARK AND BITE.Bless You, Bless You.Ding Dong Bell.Leg Over Leg.A Little Cock-Sparrow.MY SHIP AND I.THE PUSSY WILLOWS.The Babes in the Wood.A DUTCH LULLABY.IF WE WORK UPON MARBLE.THE DUEL.THE ANT AND THE CRICKET.A GOOD LISTENER.There Was a Crooked Man.Little Bo-Peep.Peter Piper.EMPLOYMENT.Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake.Great A, Little a.Jack Sprat.As I Went to Bonner.A Riddle, a Riddle.Is John Smith Within?A CHILD’S THOUGHT OF GOD.SONG.LADY MOON.IN A CHILD’S ALBUM.Mistress Mary.Handy Spandy.About the Bush, Willy.Little Jack Horner.If I’d as Much Money.Pretty John Watts.This Pig Went to Market.The Rose is Red.LOVE BETWEEN BROTHERS AND SISTERSBE GOOD.OLD RHYME.THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING.I’ll Tell You a Story.One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.THE EAGLE.THE BEE AND THE FLOWER.THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT.MAKING EXCUSES.EXTREMES.THE WAY TO BE HAPPY.BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES.A Farmer Went Trotting.Black We Are.THE LITTLE ELF.HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE.The House that Jack Built.A FAREWELL.THE LANGUAGE OF THE BIRDS.REMEDY FOR EVIL.MEDDLESOME MATTY.TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR.THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOWWORM.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Land of PlayAll chapters and sections (198)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsLand of PlayACKNOWLEDGMENTSHIE AWAY.CHARLIE’S STORY.Old King Cole.Rub-a-Dub-Dub.There Was a Little Man.Fiddle-de-dee.SEVEN TIMES ONE.GOING INTO BREECHES.MR. PEGGOTTY’S HOUSE.Buff says Buff.Hark, hark! the Dogs do Bark!APRIL.THE TABLE AND THE CHAIR.Tom, Tom.Eye Winker, Tom Tinker.THE BRAVE BROTHER.THERE’S NOTHING LIKE THE ROSE.A CONTEST BETWEEN NOSE AND EYESThe Old Woman and Her Pig.As Tommy Snooks.As Tittymouse sat.THE BROWN THRUSH.OUR MOTHER.A LOBSTER QUADRILLE.THE TAX-GATHERER.THE BAREFOOT BOY.A STORY OF WASHINGTON.There Was a Fat Man of Bombay.Sing a Song of Sixpence.EPITAPH ON A FREE BUT TAME REDBREAST.SLOTH MAKES ALL THINGS DIFFICULT.Humpty Dumpty.Hot-Cross Buns!MY BLUE-EYED BABY BOY.PLAYING TABLEAUX.Old Mother Hubbard.Here am I.Hurly, Burly.I Went up One Pair of Stairs.Elsie Marley.WHAT DOES LITTLE BIRDIE SAY?THE RAINBOW.Hey! Diddle, Diddle.Little Jack Jingle.Cock Robin Got Up Early.Pussy-cat, Pussy-cat.SPRING SONG.DUTY.Dickory, Dickory, Dock.There Was an Old Man.PLAYING MOTHER—A MONOLOGUE.There Was a Little Girl.Ladybird, Ladybird, Fly Away Home.Curly Locks! Curly Locks!Little Bob Snooks.FOLLOW ME.To Make Your Candles Last.Tommy Trot.There Were Two Blackbirds.There Was an Old Man.Mary Had a Little Lamb.A MODEST WIT.LITTLE THINGS.THE BOY WHO NEVER TOLD A LIE.Saw, Sacradown.Little Boy Blue.Once I Saw a Little Bird.Jack and Jill.Dame, Get Up, and Bake Your Pies.Willy, Willy Wilkin.Thirty Days Hath September.Come, Dance a Jig.March Winds.THE FROG AND THE OX.A CHILD’S LAUGHTER.THE BOY AND THE SHEEP.There Was an Old Woman.Oh, the Little Rusty, Dusty, Rusty Miller.Four-and-Twenty Tailors.When I Was a Little Girl.Three Little Kittens.Little Tommy Tucker.DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY STARS?A VIOLET BANK.A BLADE OF GRASS.GOOD-NIGHT AND GOOD-MORNING.Sing, Sing! What Shall I Sing?Pease-Pudding Hot.Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-eater.Little Miss Muffet.My Lady Wind, my Lady Wind.What is the Rhyme for Porringer?The Queen of Hearts.Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid?Here We Go Up, Up, Up.Oh, Dear! What Can the Matter Be?For Every Evil Under the Sun.MY FATHER WAS A FARMER.HIAWATHA’S CHILDHOOD.As I was Going to St. Ives.Merry are the Bells.AMERICA.THE NATIONAL FLAG.MARJORIE’S BATH.BLIND MAN’S BUFF.The Death and Burial of Cock Robin.LONDON BRIDGE.THE SWALLOW.BUTTERCUPS.As I Was Going o’er Westminster Bridge.Margery Mutton-pie.Simple Simon Met a Pieman.FABLE.Solomon Grundy.Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.Bell-Horses, Bell-Horses.THE FIELD MOUSE AND THE TOWN MOUSE.A DUTCH WINTER.IF I WERE A COBBLER.THANKSGIVING DAY.HALLUCINATIONS.LET US HAVE FAITH.LUCY’S BALLOON.London Bridge is Broken Down.See a Pin and Pick It Up.Pussy-Cat, Wussy-Cat.The Man in the Wilderness.Poor Dog Bright.Johnny Shall Have a New Bonnet.CHOOSING A NAME.A LITTLE NEGLECT MAY BREED MISCHIEF.RULES OF BEHAVIOR.THE LOST DOLL.OLD SANTA CLAUS.A RIDDLE.A BOY’S SONG.LET DOGS DELIGHT TO BARK AND BITE.Bless You, Bless You.Ding Dong Bell.Leg Over Leg.A Little Cock-Sparrow.MY SHIP AND I.THE PUSSY WILLOWS.The Babes in the Wood.A DUTCH LULLABY.IF WE WORK UPON MARBLE.THE DUEL.THE ANT AND THE CRICKET.A GOOD LISTENER.There Was a Crooked Man.Little Bo-Peep.Peter Piper.EMPLOYMENT.Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake.Great A, Little a.Jack Sprat.As I Went to Bonner.A Riddle, a Riddle.Is John Smith Within?A CHILD’S THOUGHT OF GOD.SONG.LADY MOON.IN A CHILD’S ALBUM.Mistress Mary.Handy Spandy.About the Bush, Willy.Little Jack Horner.If I’d as Much Money.Pretty John Watts.This Pig Went to Market.The Rose is Red.LOVE BETWEEN BROTHERS AND SISTERSBE GOOD.OLD RHYME.THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING.I’ll Tell You a Story.One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.THE EAGLE.THE BEE AND THE FLOWER.THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT.MAKING EXCUSES.EXTREMES.THE WAY TO BE HAPPY.BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES.A Farmer Went Trotting.Black We Are.THE LITTLE ELF.HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE.The House that Jack Built.A FAREWELL.THE LANGUAGE OF THE BIRDS.REMEDY FOR EVIL.MEDDLESOME MATTY.TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR.THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOWWORM.THEIR FIRST KISS◇Land of Play →