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The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes

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1. Front matter 2. INTRODUCTION 3. THE QUEEN OF HEARTS 4. SAINT SWITHIN'S DAY 5. DANCE TO YOUR DADDIE 6. THE MAN IN THE MOON 7. SIMPLE SIMON 8. TOAD AND FROG 9. LITTLE JACK HORNER 10. THE WOOING 11. HANDY PANDY 12. THE KILKENNY CATS 13. BLOW WIND BLOW 14. ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR LEGS 15. BLUE BELL BOY 16. COCK-A-DOODLE-DO 17. JOHN COOK'S GREY MARE 18. BUZ AND HUM 19. TOMMY TITTLEMOUSE 20. A AND B AND SEE 21. DOCTOR FOSTER 22. DAFFY DOWN DILLY 23. QUEEN ANNE 24. HO MY KITTEN 25. LAVENDER BLUE 26. THE QUARRELSOME KITTENS 27. THE FLY AND THE HUMBLE-BEE 28. CAT AND DOG 29. BOBBY SHAFT 30. THE LITTLE CLOCK 31. LITTLE MAID 32. BAT, BAT 33. CHRISTMAS 34. PETER WHITE 35. SLEEP BABY SLEEP 36. UP PIPPEN HILL 37. A FALLING OUT 38. TOM, THE PIPER'S SON 39. PEG 40. A DIFFICULT RHYME 41. THE OLD WOMAN TOSSED IN A BASKET 42. POOR OLD ROBINSON CRUSOE 43. TWO LITTLE DOGS 44. SATURDAY, SUNDAY 45. MERCHANTS OF LONDON 46. THE OWL IN THE OAK 47. GEORGY PORGY 48. TO MARKET 49. THE LITTLE GUINEA-PIG 50. A NICK AND A NOCK 51. PANCAKE DAY 52. HUSH-A-BYE BABY 53. IN MARBLE HALLS 54. JACK SPRAT'S PIG 55. ROBIN-A-BOBIN 56. BANDY-LEGS 57. A APPLE PIE 58. THE PUMPKIN EATER 59. HUSH-A-BYE, BABY 60. BIRDS OF A FEATHER 61. COCK-A-DOODLE-DO 62. HUSH, BABY, MY DOLLY 63. I HAD A LITTLE PONY 64. SNAIL 65. MY LADY WIND 66. LITTLE JENNY WREN 67. POOR ROBIN 68. PUSSY CAT 69. DANCE, LITTLE BABY 70. OF WASHING 71. DICKERY, DICKERY, DARE 72. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT 73. A FROG HE WOULD AWOOING GO 74. THE MOUSE AND THE MILLER 75. LITTLE BETTY BLUE 76. OF THE CUTTING OF NAILS 77. THE ORANGE STEALER 78. I LOVE SIXPENCE 79. DIDDLEY-DIDDLEY-DUMPTY 80. SAMMY SOAPSUDS 81. THE ROSE IS RED 82. THE WIND 83. A WARNING 84. FINGERS AND TOES 85. COCK-CROW 86. MY MAID MARY 87. ROBIN AND WREN 88. BUY ME A MILKING-PAIL 89. HUMPTY-DUMPTY 90. WHAT ARE LITTLE BOYS MADE OF?91. THERE WAS A LITTLE MAN 92. A MEDLEY 93. THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM 94. TO THE BIRDS 95. HEY! DIDDLE, DIDDLE 96. TWO LITTLE BIRDS 97. THE LITTLE COCK SPARROW 98. DAME TROT 99. IF 100. HOW DO YOU DO?101. THERE WAS A LITTLE BOY 102. THE MAN IN THE WILDERNESS 103. THOMAS A'TATTAMUS 104. LITTLE GIRL, LITTLE GIRL 105. OLD KING COLE 106. LENGTHENING DAYS 107. HARK, HARK! THE DOGS DO BARK 108. BESSY BELL AND MARY GRAY 109. WEE WILLIE WINKIE 110. BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP 111. EARLY RISING 112. THE TAILORS AND THE SNAIL 113. BUTTONS 114. SULKY SUE 115. HECTOR PROTECTOR 116. JERRY AND JAMES AND JOHN 117. THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE 118. NEEDLES AND PINS 119. THE SONG OF MYSELF 120. TIT-TAT-TOE 121. THE WAY TO LONDON TOWN 122. CÆSAR'S SONG 123. GREEN GRAVEL 124. WASH ME AND COMB ME 125. TEN FINGERS 126. THE CODLIN WOMAN 127. OF PIGS 128. GOOD KING ARTHUR 129. SOLOMON GRUNDY 130. THREE BLIND MICE 131. CROSS-PATCH 132. YANKEE DOODLE 133. TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR 134. BOYS AND GIRLS 135. SING IVY 136. PUSSYCAT MEW 137. GOOSEY, GOOSEY, GANDER 138. THE MAN AND HIS CALF 139. RIDE A COCK-HORSE 140. SEEKING A WIFE 141. DOCTOR FAUSTUS 142. POLLY, PUT THE KETTLE ON 143. THE BLACKSMITH 144. THE FOUNT OF LEARNING 145. OF ARITHMETIC 146. OVER THE WATER TO CHARLEY 147. THREE JOLLY WELSHMEN 148. THE DAYS OF THE MONTH 149. A VARIED SONG 150. A DILLER, A DOLLAR.151. A PIE SAT ON A PEAR-TREE 152. THE GIRL IN THE LANE 153. THREE MEN IN A TUB 154. LITTLE MISS MUFFET 155. THE BOY AND THE OWL 156. COCK ROBIN'S COURTING 157. FOR EVERY EVIL 158. WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY 159. ANDREW 160. MARY'S CANARY 161. THE CUCKOO 162. A SWARM OF BEES 163. ROBIN AND RICHARD 164. THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN 165. LADY-BIRD, LADY-BIRD 166. THE LOVING BROTHERS 167. NOTHING-AT-ALL 168. FORTUNE-TELLING BY CHERRY-STONES 169. LITTLE BO-PEEP 170. TO BED!171. OF GOING TO BED 172. GRACE BEFORE MEAT 173. THERE WAS A BUTCHER 174. WINTER HAS COME 175. MONDAY'S CHILD 176. JACK AND JILL 177. CHARLEY, CHARLEY 178. THE PIPER'S COW 179. SHAVE A PIG 180. TONGS 181. GOING TO ST. IVES 182. MERRY ARE THE BELLS 183. MORE ABOUT JACK JINGLE 184. ROBIN, THE BOBBIN 185. ALL FOR WANT OF A NAIL 186. CURLY LOCKS 187. ST. VALENTINE'S DAY 188. THE KING OF FRANCE 189. THE LATEST NEWS 190. THE LIGHT-HEARTED FAIRY 191. I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY 192. PUNCH AND JUDY 193. THE OBSTINATE PIG 194. BOW-WOW, SAYS THE DOG 195. THE BURNY BEE 196. DANTY BABY 197. THE DOVE AND THE WREN 198. TOMMY'S CAKE 199. THE MAN OF THESSALY 200. CUSHY COW 201. THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN 202. TELL-TALE-TIT 203. ELIZABETH, ELSPETH, BETSY, AND BESS 204. SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE 205. THREE CHILDREN SLIDING 206. RIDE AWAY, RIDE AWAY 207. MOTHER GOOSE 208. DEAR, DEAR!209. THE LION AND THE UNICORN 210. THE LITTLE MOUSE 211. THE NUT-TREE 212. POLLY FLINDERS 213. BRIAN O'LIN 214. MARGERY DAW 215. NONSENSE 216. ANOTHER FALLING OUT 217. LITTLE BOY BLUE 218. LITTLE TOM TUCKER 219. OLD WOMAN, OLD WOMAN 220. UP HILL AND DOWN DALE 221. LUCY LOCKET 222. FORTUNE-TELLING BY DAISY PETALS 223. BABY BUNTING 224. THE MOUSE RAN UP THE CLOCK 225. ONE MISTY MOISTY MORNING 226. THE LITTLE HUSBAND 227. TO THE HAYFIELD 228. THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR 229. THE LITTLE MOPPET 230. SIMON BRODIE'S COW 231. A CARRION CROW 232. NANNY ETTICOAT 233. GOOD-FRIDAY SONG 234. I SAW A SHIP A SAILING 235. ONE, TWO.236. LITTLE ROBIN REDBREAST 237. DIDDLE DIDDLE DUMPLING 238. MARY, MARY 239. JACK JINGLE 240. BETTY WINKLE'S PIG 241. THREE BRETHREN OUT OF SPAIN 242. WHAT CARE I?243. THE THREE KITTENS 244. THE LADY AND THE SWINE 245. THE JOLLY MILLER 246. FEETIKINS 247. TOM THE PIPER'S SON 248. DOCTOR FELL 249. THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER 250. BILLY, BILLY 251. MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN 252. JOHNNY 253. SING, SING!254. PETER PIPER 255. NANCY DAWSON 256. LONDON BRIDGE 257. MASTER I HAVE 258. ROCK-A-BY, BABY 259. THE FARMER AND HIS DAUGHTER 260. A STRANGE SIGHT 261. I'LL TRY 262. THE FOX AND THE GOOSE 263. WHERE ARE YOU GOING?264. THE DIVISION OF LABOUR 265. KING PIPPIN'S HALL 266. IF 267. COFFEE AND TEA 268. A WONDERFUL THING 269. MY BOY TAMMIE 270. THE LITTLE MAN WITH A GUN 271. IF WISHES WERE HORSES 272. CLAP HANDIES 273. TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN 274. THERE WAS A MAN 275. JACK'S FIDDLE 276. A WAS AN ARCHER 277. THREE SHIPS 278. THE CROOKED SONG 279. A, B, C 280. COMICAL FOLK 281. DING, DONG, BELL 282. BOBBY SNOOKS 283. SIX LITTLE MICE 284. WING, WANG, WADDLE, OH 285. THE HART 286. OLD CHAIRS TO MEND 287. SEE, SEE!288. OLD MOTHER HUBBARD 289. TO BABYLON 290. MY BLACK HEN 291. I'LL TELL YOU A STORY

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