Rock & Roll
Nursery rhymes with an electric edge. Guitar-driven arrangements that bring new energy to classic songs.
39 songs
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Georgie Porgie
A cheeky rhyme with a surprisingly controversial history
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Humpty Dumpty
The great fall that no one could undo — not even all the King's men
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Mary Had a Little Lamb
Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go
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The Wheels on the Bus
The classic action song with wheels, wipers, horns and a crying baby
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A-Tisket, A-Tasket
Made famous by Ella Fitzgerald — a timeless playground favourite
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I'm a Little Teapot
Short and stout, with a handle and a spout — tip me up and pour
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Little Jack Horner
A plum from the pie and a spider from the whey — two nursery favourites in one
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My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
Bring back my Bonnie to me — a longing cry across the sea
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Counting from buckled shoes to big fat hens and back again
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Rock-a-Bye Baby
The cradle on the treetop and the long fall down
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Round and Round the Garden
One step, two step — tickle time!
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She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain
Coming round the mountain in pink pyjamas on six white horses
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Shoo Fly
Shoo fly, don't bother me — I belong to somebody
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Simple Simon
No penny, no pie — and a very unfortunate fisherman
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The Runaway Train
The runaway train came down the track and she blew
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The Teddy Bears' Picnic
If you go down to the woods today you're sure of a big surprise
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Three Little Kittens
Three kittens lose their mittens, find them, soil them and wash them
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Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
Tom steals a pig and plays his pipe until the whole world dances
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Wee Willie Winkie / Jack Be Nimble
Two classics in one — Wee Willie Winkie on his night rounds and Jack over the candlestick
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Manx Lullaby
Oh hush my lapwing, my little brown bird — a lullaby from the Isle of Man
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The Pirate Song
When I was one to ten, a pirate captain's life for me
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Two Little Dicky Birds
Peter and Paul the dicky birds who fly away and come back again
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Underneath the Spreading Chestnut Tree
A cheerful action song under the chestnut tree with a banjo on your knee
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We Need a Ship
A comic song about the desperate search for a ship — and settling for the bath
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Down in the Jungle Boogie
A groovy jungle action song with a great big gorilla doing the laundry
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In and Out the Dusty Bluebells
A weaving ring game through arches of children's arms
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It's Raining, It's Pouring
The old man is snoring — three rainy-day rhymes combined in one lively recording
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Little Robin Redbreast
A game of chase between a quick robin and a determined pussy cat
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On Top of Old Smokey
All covered with snow — lost a true love for courting too slow
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Pease Pudding Hot
Hot or cold, nine days old — pease pudding for everyone
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Peter Hammers
Hammering along with Peter, one hammer at a time
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Sing, Sing, Sing
A drumstick, a whistle, a trumpet — and now everyone's a music maker
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Taffy Was a Welshman
A beef thief, a marrow bone and a long history of dispute
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The Jumping Song
Jump, jump, jump, jump — jump around now!
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The Sparrow
A cheerful sparrow hops through the garden, picking cherries and tweeting sweetly
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There Was a Little Girl Who Had a Little Curl
The famous rhyme of a little girl with a curl — very good and quite horrid
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There's a Hole in the Middle of the Sea
A cumulative nonsense song that stacks up hole, log, frog and flea
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Waltzing Matilda
Australia's most beloved folk song — the swagman, the jumbuck and the billabong
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Who Built the Ark?
The traditional gospel song about Noah and the building of the ark