Traditional
96 traditional nursery rhymes in classic arrangements — from Humpty Dumpty to London Bridge. The largest collection, with free audio, lyrics and history.
96 songs
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ABCDEFG — The Alphabet Song
The classic alphabet song every child loves to sing
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Baa Baa Black Sheep
One of the oldest nursery rhymes in the English language
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Georgie Porgie
A cheeky rhyme with a surprisingly controversial history
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Hey Diddle Diddle
The most wonderfully surreal nursery rhyme ever written
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Hickory, Dickory, Dock
The mouse ran up the clock — and down again when it struck one
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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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Hush, Little Baby
Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird — and then some
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Incy Wincy Spider
Up the water spout, washed out, dried out — and up again
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Jack and Jill
Up the hill they went for water — and down they came again
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Little Bo Peep
She's lost her sheep and doesn't know where to find them — leave them alone
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London Bridge Is Falling Down
Falling down, falling down — and rebuilt with everything from straw to stone
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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
Silver bells and cockle shells — and pretty maids all in a row
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Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Ee-i-ee-i-oh! Every animal on the farm gets its moment
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Oranges and Lemons
The bells of London with a chopper waiting at the end
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Pop Goes the Weasel
The money goes, the weasel pops — all around the cobbler's bench
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Life is but a dream — and the crocodile is coming
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Sing a Song of Sixpence
Twenty-four blackbirds, a pecked-off nose, and a pocket full of rye
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The Animals Went in Two by Two
Two by two into the ark, to get out of the rain
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There's a Hole in My Bucket
Henry and Liza's circular argument about a leaky bucket
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Tommy Thumb
A finger play song introducing Tommy Thumb, Peter Pointer and all the fingers
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
The most beloved lullaby in the world, with all four original verses
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Billy Boy
A catchy question-and-answer rhyme about a young man's new love
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Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
The crowing rooster rhyme that has woken children up for three centuries
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Daisy Daisy
The Victorian bicycle song that became one of history's most famous love songs
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Diddle Diddle Dumpling, My Son John
The classic bedtime rhyme about a boy who couldn't quite undress properly
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Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
The action song where a floppy scarecrow comes hilariously to life
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Girls and Boys Come Out to Play
A moonlit invitation to children to come out and play in the street
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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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If You're Happy and You Know It
Clap your hands and stamp your feet — happiness expressed in action
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Lavender's Blue
A dilly dilly love song from the fields and the farmyard
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Little Boy Blue
The boy who should be watching the sheep is fast asleep under a haystack
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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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Little Tommy Tucker
Singing for his supper — but how will he cut it without a knife?
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Morningtown Ride
All bound for Morningtown, many miles away — rocking and rolling to sleep
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Old King Cole
A merry old soul who called for his pipe, his bowl and his fiddlers three
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Old Mother Hubbard
She went to the cupboard — but when she got there, the cupboard was bare
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Polly Put the Kettle On
Polly puts it on, Sukey takes it off — the eternal drama of tea
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Pussycat, Pussycat
A royal visit and a very small, very distracted cat
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See Saw Margery Daw
A penny a day — and only because Jacky can't work faster
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Silent Night
The most beloved Christmas carol in the world
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Sing a Rainbow
Listen with your eyes and sing every colour you see
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Skip to My Lou
Lou, lou, skip to my lou — skip away, darlin'
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Solomon Grundy
Born on a Monday, buried on Sunday — a life in one week
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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
A band of angels coming after me, carrying me home
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The Grand Old Duke of York
He marched them up — and then he marched them down again
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The Muffin Man
Do you know the muffin man who lives in Drury Lane?
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The Owl and the Pussycat
A pea-green boat, a runcible spoon and a dance by the light of the moon
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There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
The old woman with so many children she didn't know what to do
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There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly
The cumulative tale of increasingly unfortunate dietary choices
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This Old Man
The knick-knack paddy whack song counting from one to ten
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Three Blind Mice
The three blind mice who ran after the farmer's wife — two versions in one
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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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A Windmill In Old Amsterdam
A charming tale of a mouse and a windmill in Holland
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Clap Hands Till Father Comes Home
A traditional clapping rhyme with a surprising economic commentary
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Far in the Wood
A mysterious and beautiful song about a moonlit well that grants immortality
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Moon and Sun
Shine on the young ones — silver and gold from the sky above
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Polly Wolly Doodle
A grasshopper, a chicken and a long road to Lou'siana
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Ride a Toy Horse
Riding to Banbury Cross to hear music wherever she goes
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Star Light, Star Bright
The first star of the evening and the wish you make on it
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Sunday Sunday
Monday to Saturday doing things — then Sunday to rest in bed
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Sweet and Low
Wind of the western sea — blow him again to me
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The Queen of Hearts
Tarts stolen, tarts returned — and the Knave making no promises
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Thirty Days Hath September / Tinker Tailor
The classic month-memory rhyme paired with the Tinker Tailor fortune-telling song
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As I Was Going To St Ives (Medley)
The oldest riddle in the nursery rhyme book — can you solve it?
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Baby
A warm and tender little song for the youngest listeners
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Baby Bye, Here's A Fly
A whimsical procession of creatures in a gentle nonsense lullaby
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Cackle Cackle Mother Goose
A cheerful nursery rhyme celebrating the original storyteller herself
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Cloud Pictures
A dreamy Victorian nursery song about watching shapes in the sky
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Come Let's to Bed
A gentle bedtime rhyme from the mouth of three sleepy characters
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Dance a Baby Diddy
A tender father-and-child bouncing rhyme with a bittersweet edge
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Dance Ter Yer Daddy
A joyful Scottish fisher-folk song celebrating the return of the fishing boats
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Day and Night
A gentle poem about shadows, sunlight, and the rhythm of sleeping and waking
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Here's the Church
A finger play rhyme that builds a church with your hands
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Hot Cross Buns
One a penny, two a penny — the street cry of the Good Friday baker
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I Saw Three Ships
Three ships come sailing in on Christmas morning
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I'll See You in My Dreams
A tender lullaby of reunion in the world of sleep and dreams
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Is That Teddy Ready for Bed?
A bedtime song about pyjamas, teeth, teddy bears and getting ready for sleep
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Little Children
Tiny, sleepy children drifting off to dream-land
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Little Fairies
Go away little fairies — the angels will watch while the baby sleeps
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Little Polly Flinders
Warming her toes in the cinders — and getting in trouble for her dirty clothes
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Little Robin Redbreast
A game of chase between a quick robin and a determined pussy cat
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London's Burning
A four-part round that conjures the panic of the Great Fire of London
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Michael Finnegan
There was an old man named Michael Finnegan — begin again
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Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Hallelujah — rowing towards the promised land with milk and honey waiting
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Monday's Child
The day you were born determines your fortune — what day were you born?
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My Grandfather's Clock
Ninety years on the floor — and it stopped the moment the old man died
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Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
Put your hand on yourself — a body-part song with a silly refrain
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Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
A husband with an unusual approach to domestic difficulties
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Red Sky at Night
Shepherd's wisdom and the fifth of November
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Richard of York
The colours of the rainbow through a mnemonic and a prayer
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The North Wind Doth Blow
What will the robin do then, poor thing? He'll keep himself warm
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There Was a Crooked Man
The classic rhyme of a crooked man, his crooked cat and their crooked house
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There Was an Old Woman
The market-day tale of an old woman who couldn't recognise herself
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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
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This Little Piggy Went to Market
The classic toe-counting rhyme ending with wee wee wee all the way home
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To Market, to Market
The jiggety-jig market song with fat pigs, plum cakes and home again
About This Collection
The largest and in many ways the most essential collection in the Nursery Rhymes Collections. Ninety-six songs in arrangements that honour the original spirit of each piece — recordings that set out not to reimagine the songs but to give them the best possible version of what they have always been.
Traditional does not mean dull. It means that the arrangement serves the song rather than competing with it. "Humpty Dumpty" played with the clarity and timing the rhyme deserves. "Jack and Jill" given a melody that sounds as though it has simply always existed. "London Bridge Is Falling Down" in a version that children can sing along to immediately, because the melody is exactly what they expected. "Ring a Ring o' Roses," "Little Bo Peep," "Simple Simon," "Old Mother Hubbard" — the classic British nursery rhymes that have shaped the childhoods of generation after generation.
These recordings were made with that continuity in mind. They are not performances designed to impress — they are songs designed to be sung, shared, and remembered. The traditional nursery rhyme arrangements in this collection will sound familiar from the very first note.