Fun & Punk

Humpty Dumpty

The great fall that no one could undo — not even all the King's men

Jack and Jill

Up the hill they went for water — and down they came again

London Bridge Is Falling Down

Falling down, falling down — and rebuilt with everything from straw to stone

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go

One Finger, One Thumb

Keep moving! The happiest cumulative action song in the nursery

Ring a Ring o' Roses

The singing game that isn't about the plague

The Wheels on the Bus

The classic action song with wheels, wipers, horns and a crying baby

What Shall We Do With the Grumpy Pirate?

A pirate version of the drunken sailor song — make him smile, wobble the plank, tickle him

A-Tisket, A-Tasket

Made famous by Ella Fitzgerald — a timeless playground favourite

Aiken Drum

The man in the moon made entirely of food

B-I-N-G-O (Bingo Was His Name-O)

There was a farmer had a dog, and Bingo was his name-o!

Bananas In Pyjamas (Medley)

B1 and B2 — the most famous pyjama-wearing bananas in the world

Chick Chick Chicken

A brilliantly silly 1920s music hall song demanding an egg for tea

Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

The action song where a floppy scarecrow comes hilariously to life

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

The irresistible bedtime countdown with bouncing monkeys and a very patient doctor

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

A ring-game song about morning routines on a cold and frosty day

Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen

A black hen who lays eggs for the gentlemen every day

Hokey Cokey

Put your whole self in — that's what it's all about

Looby Loo

Here we go looby loo — all on a Saturday night

Miss Polly Had a Dolly

The doctor came with his bag and his hat — and knocked with a rat-a-tat-tat

Pat a Cake, Pat a Cake, Baker's Man

One of the oldest nursery rhymes in print — still clapping

Round and Round the Garden

One step, two step — tickle time!

Rub a Dub Dub

Three men in a tub and a series of increasingly poor decisions

She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain

Coming round the mountain in pink pyjamas on six white horses

Shoo Fly

Shoo fly, don't bother me — I belong to somebody

Simple Simon

No penny, no pie — and a very unfortunate fisherman

Ten Green Bottles

Hanging on the wall, and accidentally falling one by one

The Big Ship Sailed

Ally-ally-oh — on the last day of September

The More We Get Together

The more we get together, the happier we'll be

There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly

The cumulative tale of increasingly unfortunate dietary choices

Sleeping Bunnies

Shhh — the bunnies are sleeping. Ready to hop!

The Pirate Song

When I was one to ten, a pirate captain's life for me

The Skeleton Dance

Them bones them bones them dancing bones — connect the skeleton and dance

This Is the House That Jack Built

The classic cumulative rhyme that grows verse by verse from malt to farmer

A Sailor Went To Sea Sea Sea

The classic hand-clapping song every playground knows

Alice The Camel

A counting-down camel with a surprising twist at the end

Animal Alphabet

A to Z — every letter gets its own animal friend

Animal Fair

The funniest day at the fair you've never actually attended

Apples And Bananas

A silly vowel-swapping song that turns eating into a language game

Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu

Five vowel sounds, endless laughs — a phonics song for little voices

Beanbag, Beanbag

Throw it, catch it, balance it — the song that gets everyone moving

Clap Your Hands Together

A simple, joyful action song for very young children

Cobbler Cobbler Mend My Shoe

A satisfying rhythmic rhyme from the age of handmade shoes

Desperate Dan

A comic verse celebrating the gloriously scruffy fictional hero of The Dandy

Ding Dong Bell

The cautionary cat-in-the-well rhyme with a surprisingly ancient history

Do Your Ears Hang Low

The wonderfully silly ear-waggling song every child knows and loves

Down in the Jungle Boogie

A groovy jungle action song with a great big gorilla doing the laundry

Eeny Meeny Miny Moe

The ancient counting-out rhyme used by children the world over to decide who goes first

Five Currant Buns

The classic countdown counting song set in a baker's shop

Five Fat Sausages

The satisfyingly explosive counting-down song with a sizzle and a bang

Ging Gang Goolie

The nonsense camp-fire song composed by Baden-Powell himself in 1907

Go to Sleep You Baby

A tender lullaby with a gently surprising twist in its delivery

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

The beloved counting and story song about porridge, chairs, and a very nosy little girl

Goosey, Goosey Gander

A goose wanders the house and throws an old man down the stairs

Horsey, Horsey

A gentle clip-clop song about the journey homeward bound

I Had a Cat

A cumulative song of farmyard animals, each adding their own sound

I'm the King of the Castle

Climb to the top and declare yourself ruler — until someone pushes you off

In and Out the Dusty Bluebells

A weaving ring game through arches of children's arms

It's Raining, It's Pouring

The old man is snoring — three rainy-day rhymes combined in one lively recording

Jack Sprat

One eats no fat, the other eats no lean — together they clean the plate

Jelly on a Plate

Wibble wobble, wibble wobble — a wiggly song about food

Little White Duck

Sitting in the water doing what he oughter — the happiest duck in the pond

Mah Nà Mah Nà

Mah nà mah nà — the song that doesn't mean anything and means everything

Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo

Put your hand on yourself — a body-part song with a silly refrain

Oh! Susanna

I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee — don't you cry for me

Pease Pudding Hot

Hot or cold, nine days old — pease pudding for everyone

Peter Rabbit

A fly on his nose and a fine pair of floppy ears

The Farmer's in His Den

The farmer wants a wife, the wife wants a child — and the dog wants a bone

The Jumping Song

Jump, jump, jump, jump — jump around now!

There Was a Princess Long Ago

The Sleeping Beauty story told in song — princess, tower, forest and prince

There Were Ten in a Bed

Ten in a bed and the little one says roll over — until there's just one left

There's a Worm at the Bottom of the Garden

Wiggly Woo the worm and Slippery Sue the snail live at the bottom of the garden

Waltzing Matilda

Australia's most beloved folk song — the swagman, the jumbuck and the billabong

What Are Little Boys Made Of?

Snips and snails for boys, sugar and spice for girls — the classic rhyme extended