Pop Favourites
Nursery rhymes in contemporary pop arrangements — bright, catchy, and impossible to forget. Free audio and full lyrics from Nursery Rhymes Collections.
5 songs
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Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
An action song to name the body parts — getting faster every time
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
The classic American patriotic song given a full hip-hop and pop treatment
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My Big Heart
Two arms, two legs, two eyes — and one big heart full of love
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Two Fat Gentlemen
A finger play song with fat gentlemen, thin ladies, tall policemen and little babies
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I Had a Little Nut Tree
A silver nutmeg and a golden pear — fit for a King's daughter
About This Collection
Pop music and nursery rhymes share more than a passing resemblance. Both rely on hooks, on repetition, on melodies simple enough to lodge themselves in the memory after a single hearing. It is perhaps no surprise that some nursery rhymes, when given a pop arrangement, sound as though they were written for exactly that treatment.
This collection gathers songs from the Nursery Rhymes Collections in contemporary pop arrangements. Bright, melodic, and immediately likeable, these recordings have the clarity and production polish that you would expect from modern pop music, applied to material that has been entertaining children and adults for centuries.
The songs here work especially well for families who want nursery rhyme recordings that feel connected to the music of the present rather than rooted in a specific folk or classical tradition. They are accessible, cheerful, and — as with all good pop music — remarkably difficult to get out of your head.