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ABCDEFG — The Alphabet Song

The classic alphabet song every child loves to sing

Baa Baa Black Sheep

One of the oldest nursery rhymes in the English language

Georgie Porgie

A cheeky rhyme with a surprisingly controversial history

Hey Diddle Diddle

The most wonderfully surreal nursery rhyme ever written

Hickory, Dickory, Dock

The mouse ran up the clock — and down again when it struck one

Humpty Dumpty

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

Hush, Little Baby

Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird — and then some

Incy Wincy Spider

Up the water spout, washed out, dried out — and up again

Jack and Jill

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

Little Bo Peep

She's lost her sheep and doesn't know where to find them — leave them alone

London Bridge Is Falling Down

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

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Silver bells and cockle shells — and pretty maids all in a row

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Ee-i-ee-i-oh! Every animal on the farm gets its moment

Oranges and Lemons

The bells of London with a chopper waiting at the end

Pop Goes the Weasel

The money goes, the weasel pops — all around the cobbler's bench

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Life is but a dream — and the crocodile is coming

Sing a Song of Sixpence

Twenty-four blackbirds, a pecked-off nose, and a pocket full of rye

The Animals Went in Two by Two

Two by two into the ark, to get out of the rain

There's a Hole in My Bucket

Henry and Liza's circular argument about a leaky bucket

Tommy Thumb

A finger play song introducing Tommy Thumb, Peter Pointer and all the fingers

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

The most beloved lullaby in the world, with all four original verses

Billy Boy

A catchy question-and-answer rhyme about a young man's new love

Cock-a-Doodle-Doo

The crowing rooster rhyme that has woken children up for three centuries

Daisy Daisy

The Victorian bicycle song that became one of history's most famous love songs

Diddle Diddle Dumpling, My Son John

The classic bedtime rhyme about a boy who couldn't quite undress properly

Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

The action song where a floppy scarecrow comes hilariously to life

Girls and Boys Come Out to Play

A moonlit invitation to children to come out and play in the street

I'm a Little Teapot

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

If You're Happy and You Know It

Clap your hands and stamp your feet — happiness expressed in action

Lavender's Blue

A dilly dilly love song from the fields and the farmyard

Little Boy Blue

The boy who should be watching the sheep is fast asleep under a haystack

Little Jack Horner

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

Little Tommy Tucker

Singing for his supper — but how will he cut it without a knife?

Morningtown Ride

All bound for Morningtown, many miles away — rocking and rolling to sleep

Old King Cole

A merry old soul who called for his pipe, his bowl and his fiddlers three

Old Mother Hubbard

She went to the cupboard — but when she got there, the cupboard was bare

Polly Put the Kettle On

Polly puts it on, Sukey takes it off — the eternal drama of tea

Pussycat, Pussycat

A royal visit and a very small, very distracted cat

See Saw Margery Daw

A penny a day — and only because Jacky can't work faster

Silent Night

The most beloved Christmas carol in the world

Sing a Rainbow

Listen with your eyes and sing every colour you see

Skip to My Lou

Lou, lou, skip to my lou — skip away, darlin'

Solomon Grundy

Born on a Monday, buried on Sunday — a life in one week

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

A band of angels coming after me, carrying me home

The Grand Old Duke of York

He marched them up — and then he marched them down again

The Muffin Man

Do you know the muffin man who lives in Drury Lane?

The Owl and the Pussycat

A pea-green boat, a runcible spoon and a dance by the light of the moon

There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

The old woman with so many children she didn't know what to do

There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly

The cumulative tale of increasingly unfortunate dietary choices

This Old Man

The knick-knack paddy whack song counting from one to ten

Three Blind Mice

The three blind mice who ran after the farmer's wife — two versions in one

Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

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

A Windmill In Old Amsterdam

A charming tale of a mouse and a windmill in Holland

Clap Hands Till Father Comes Home

A traditional clapping rhyme with a surprising economic commentary

Far in the Wood

A mysterious and beautiful song about a moonlit well that grants immortality

Moon and Sun

Shine on the young ones — silver and gold from the sky above

Polly Wolly Doodle

A grasshopper, a chicken and a long road to Lou'siana

Ride a Toy Horse

Riding to Banbury Cross to hear music wherever she goes

Star Light, Star Bright

The first star of the evening and the wish you make on it

Sunday Sunday

Monday to Saturday doing things — then Sunday to rest in bed

Sweet and Low

Wind of the western sea — blow him again to me

The Queen of Hearts

Tarts stolen, tarts returned — and the Knave making no promises

Thirty Days Hath September / Tinker Tailor

The classic month-memory rhyme paired with the Tinker Tailor fortune-telling song

As I Was Going To St Ives (Medley)

The oldest riddle in the nursery rhyme book — can you solve it?

Baby

A warm and tender little song for the youngest listeners

Baby Bye, Here's A Fly

A whimsical procession of creatures in a gentle nonsense lullaby

Cackle Cackle Mother Goose

A cheerful nursery rhyme celebrating the original storyteller herself

Cloud Pictures

A dreamy Victorian nursery song about watching shapes in the sky

Come Let's to Bed

A gentle bedtime rhyme from the mouth of three sleepy characters

Dance a Baby Diddy

A tender father-and-child bouncing rhyme with a bittersweet edge

Dance Ter Yer Daddy

A joyful Scottish fisher-folk song celebrating the return of the fishing boats

Day and Night

A gentle poem about shadows, sunlight, and the rhythm of sleeping and waking

Here's the Church

A finger play rhyme that builds a church with your hands

Hot Cross Buns

One a penny, two a penny — the street cry of the Good Friday baker

I Saw Three Ships

Three ships come sailing in on Christmas morning

I'll See You in My Dreams

A tender lullaby of reunion in the world of sleep and dreams

Is That Teddy Ready for Bed?

A bedtime song about pyjamas, teeth, teddy bears and getting ready for sleep

Little Children

Tiny, sleepy children drifting off to dream-land

Little Fairies

Go away little fairies — the angels will watch while the baby sleeps

Little Polly Flinders

Warming her toes in the cinders — and getting in trouble for her dirty clothes

Little Robin Redbreast

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

London's Burning

A four-part round that conjures the panic of the Great Fire of London

Michael Finnegan

There was an old man named Michael Finnegan — begin again

Michael Row the Boat Ashore

Hallelujah — rowing towards the promised land with milk and honey waiting

Monday's Child

The day you were born determines your fortune — what day were you born?

My Grandfather's Clock

Ninety years on the floor — and it stopped the moment the old man died

Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo

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

Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

A husband with an unusual approach to domestic difficulties

Red Sky at Night

Shepherd's wisdom and the fifth of November

Richard of York

The colours of the rainbow through a mnemonic and a prayer

The North Wind Doth Blow

What will the robin do then, poor thing? He'll keep himself warm

There Was a Crooked Man

The classic rhyme of a crooked man, his crooked cat and their crooked house

There Was an Old Woman

The market-day tale of an old woman who couldn't recognise herself

There Was an Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket

An old woman flies to the moon on a broom to sweep the cobwebs from the sky

This Little Piggy Went to Market

The classic toe-counting rhyme ending with wee wee wee all the way home

To Market, to Market

The jiggety-jig market song with fat pigs, plum cakes and home again