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Georgie Porgie

A cheeky rhyme with a surprisingly controversial history

Humpty Dumpty

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

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go

The Wheels on the Bus

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

A-Tisket, A-Tasket

Made famous by Ella Fitzgerald — a timeless playground favourite

I'm a Little Teapot

Short and stout, with a handle and a spout — tip me up and pour

Little Jack Horner

A plum from the pie and a spider from the whey — two nursery favourites in one

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

Bring back my Bonnie to me — a longing cry across the sea

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Counting from buckled shoes to big fat hens and back again

Rock-a-Bye Baby

The cradle on the treetop and the long fall down

Round and Round the Garden

One step, two step — tickle time!

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

The Runaway Train

The runaway train came down the track and she blew

The Teddy Bears' Picnic

If you go down to the woods today you're sure of a big surprise

Three Little Kittens

Three kittens lose their mittens, find them, soil them and wash them

Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

Tom steals a pig and plays his pipe until the whole world dances

Wee Willie Winkie / Jack Be Nimble

Two classics in one — Wee Willie Winkie on his night rounds and Jack over the candlestick

Manx Lullaby

Oh hush my lapwing, my little brown bird — a lullaby from the Isle of Man

The Pirate Song

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

Two Little Dicky Birds

Peter and Paul the dicky birds who fly away and come back again

Underneath the Spreading Chestnut Tree

A cheerful action song under the chestnut tree with a banjo on your knee

We Need a Ship

A comic song about the desperate search for a ship — and settling for the bath

Down in the Jungle Boogie

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

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

Little Robin Redbreast

A game of chase between a quick robin and a determined pussy cat

On Top of Old Smokey

All covered with snow — lost a true love for courting too slow

Pease Pudding Hot

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

Peter Hammers

Hammering along with Peter, one hammer at a time

Sing, Sing, Sing

A drumstick, a whistle, a trumpet — and now everyone's a music maker

Taffy Was a Welshman

A beef thief, a marrow bone and a long history of dispute

The Jumping Song

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

The Sparrow

A cheerful sparrow hops through the garden, picking cherries and tweeting sweetly

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

There's a Hole in the Middle of the Sea

A cumulative nonsense song that stacks up hole, log, frog and flea

Waltzing Matilda

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

Who Built the Ark?

The traditional gospel song about Noah and the building of the ark