All 275 Songs

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 Had a Little Lamb

Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go

Mary Had a Little Lamb (Acoustic Version)

The beloved nursery classic in a warm acoustic arrangement

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

One Finger, One Thumb

Keep moving! The happiest cumulative action song in the nursery

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

Ring a Ring o' Roses

The singing game that isn't about the plague

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

Skye Boat Song

Speed, bonnie boat — carrying the lad born to be King over the sea

The Animals Went in Two by Two

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

The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond

A haunting Scottish love song born from the tragedy of Culloden

The Wheels on the Bus

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

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

What Shall We Do With the Grumpy Pirate?

A pirate version of the drunken sailor song — make him smile, wobble the plank, tickle him

Who Killed Cock Robin?

The solemn inquest into the death of Cock Robin — one of England's oldest rhymes

A-Tisket, A-Tasket

Made famous by Ella Fitzgerald — a timeless playground favourite

Aiken Drum

The man in the moon made entirely of food

All The Pretty Little Horses (Hush-A-Bye)

One of the most hauntingly beautiful lullabies in American tradition

Alouette

The beloved French-Canadian camp song that everyone knows

B-I-N-G-O (Bingo Was His Name-O)

There was a farmer had a dog, and Bingo was his name-o!

Bananas In Pyjamas (Medley)

B1 and B2 — the most famous pyjama-wearing bananas in the world

Billy Boy

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

Brahms' Lullaby

The world's most beloved lullaby, composed by Johannes Brahms in 1868

Chick Chick Chicken

A brilliantly silly 1920s music hall song demanding an egg for tea

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

Down in the Valley

A haunting American folk song of loneliness, longing, and lost love

Five Little Ducks

The gentle countdown song about a mother duck whose ducklings swim further and further away

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

The irresistible bedtime countdown with bouncing monkeys and a very patient doctor

For Want of a Nail

The ancient proverb-poem about how one small missing thing can cause a kingdom to fall

Frère Jacques / Brother John

The world's most famous round — a medieval French morning bell song

Girls and Boys Come Out to Play

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

Golden Slumbers

The Elizabethan lullaby that became a Beatles classic

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

An action song to name the body parts — getting faster every time

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

A ring-game song about morning routines on a cold and frosty day

Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen

A black hen who lays eggs for the gentlemen every day

Hokey Cokey

Put your whole self in — that's what it's all about

Hush, Little Baby (Acoustic Version)

A gentle acoustic arrangement of the classic lullaby

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

Irish Lullaby

Toora loora loora — the beloved Irish cradle song sung across generations

Kerry Lullaby

A gentle Irish lullaby from the hills and valleys of County Kerry

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?

Looby Loo

Here we go looby loo — all on a Saturday night

Miss Polly Had a Dolly

The doctor came with his bag and his hat — and knocked with a rat-a-tat-tat

Morningtown Ride

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

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

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

Oh Danny Boy

The pipes are calling from glen to glen — and I must bide while you must go

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

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Counting from buckled shoes to big fat hens and back again

One, Two, Three, Four, Five

Once I caught a fish alive — the small cost of letting go

Pat a Cake, Pat a Cake, Baker's Man

One of the oldest nursery rhymes in print — still clapping

Polly Put the Kettle On

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

Puff the Magic Dragon

A dragon who lived by the sea and the boy who grew up

Pussycat, Pussycat

A royal visit and a very small, very distracted cat

Rock-a-Bye Baby

The cradle on the treetop and the long fall down

Rock-a-Bye Baby (Acoustic Version)

A gentle acoustic arrangement of the classic lullaby

Round and Round the Garden

One step, two step — tickle time!

Rub a Dub Dub

Three men in a tub and a series of increasingly poor decisions

See Saw Margery Daw

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

She Sells Sea Shells

Sally and her seashells — the greatest tongue-twister in the nursery

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

Silent Night

The most beloved Christmas carol in the world

Simple Simon

No penny, no pie — and a very unfortunate fisherman

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'

Sleep, Baby, Sleep

The little lamb on the green and the angels keeping watch

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

Ten Green Bottles

Hanging on the wall, and accidentally falling one by one

Ten Green Speckled Frogs

One by one they jump into the cool pool — then there were none

The Bear Went Over the Mountain

He went over the mountain to see what he could see — the other side

The Big Ship Sailed

Ally-ally-oh — on the last day of September

The Grand Old Duke of York

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

The More We Get Together

The more we get together, the happier we'll be

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

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

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

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

Yankee Doodle Dandy

The classic American patriotic song given a full hip-hop and pop treatment

A Windmill In Old Amsterdam

A charming tale of a mouse and a windmill in Holland

All The World Is Sleeping (Suo Gân, Welsh Lullaby)

A gentle lullaby that wraps the whole world in quiet

All Through The Night

A tender Welsh lullaby with one of the most beautiful melodies ever written

Blow the Man Down

A rousing sea shanty from the golden age of sail

Clap Hands Till Father Comes Home

A traditional clapping rhyme with a surprising economic commentary

Coventry Lullaby

A hauntingly beautiful medieval lullaby from the mystery play tradition

Far in the Wood

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

Gaelic Cradle Song

A hauntingly beautiful traditional lullaby from the Gaelic world

Golden Cradle

A richly imagined Irish lullaby of extraordinary tenderness and beauty

In Dublin's Fair City

Sweet Molly Malone and her cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh

Little Liza Jane

A joyful American folk song about the girl down south in Baltimore

Lullaby, Oh Lullaby (Lambs Are Sleeping)

Flowers are closed and lambs are sleeping — a gentle goodnight to the world

Manx Lullaby

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

Moon and Sun

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

My Big Heart

Two arms, two legs, two eyes — and one big heart full of love

Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?

Johnny's so long at the fair — and he promised blue ribbons

Oh, Hush Thee, My Baby

A knightly lullaby — guards stand watch while the young heir sleeps safe

One Man Went to Mow

A counting meadow song that builds from one man to ten

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

Robin a Thrush

A most unfortunate marriage told in nine comic verses

Sleep, Sweet Babe

Mother smiling, wheel turning, slumber calling softly

Sleeping Bunnies

Shhh — the bunnies are sleeping. Ready to hop!

Sleepytime

Sleepy-time has come and the covers are pulled tight

Slumber Song

Stars shining silver and wings pausing bright at the pillow

Star Light, Star Bright

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

Star Sky Lullaby

Turn out the light, kiss your mummy goodnight — the stars are twinkling

Sunday Sunday

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

Sur le Pont d'Avignon

Dancing on the bridge at Avignon — tout en rond

Sweet and Low

Wind of the western sea — blow him again to me

The Man in the Moon

Time for all children to go to bed — the man in the moon says so

The Moon Is Gently Rising

Pale moonlight, silent trees, and the feel of peace and harmony

The Pirate Song

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

The Queen of Hearts

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

The Skeleton Dance

Them bones them bones them dancing bones — connect the skeleton and dance

Thirty Days Hath September / Tinker Tailor

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

This Is the House That Jack Built

The classic cumulative rhyme that grows verse by verse from malt to farmer

Three Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree

Three monkeys taunt Mr Alligator and pay the price one by one

Thy Cradle Is Green

A gentle lullaby with a royal cradle and the wind rocking a baby to sleep

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Acoustic Version)

A gentle acoustic arrangement of the world's most beloved lullaby

Two Fat Gentlemen

A finger play song with fat gentlemen, thin ladies, tall policemen and little babies

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

A Frog He Would A Wooing Go

An ancient frog courting a mouse — one of England's oldest ballads

A Night Time Blessing

A gentle blessing to send little ones safely off to sleep

A Sailor Went To Sea Sea Sea

The classic hand-clapping song every playground knows

Alice The Camel

A counting-down camel with a surprising twist at the end

All Night, All Day (Angels Watching Over Me)

A beautiful African-American spiritual about angels watching over us

And Say Goodnight

A sweet musical goodbye at the close of every day

Animal Alphabet

A to Z — every letter gets its own animal friend

Animal Fair

The funniest day at the fair you've never actually attended

Apples And Bananas

A silly vowel-swapping song that turns eating into a language game

As I Was Going To St Ives (Medley)

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

Au Claire De La Lune

A French lullaby with the most extraordinary recording history

Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu

Five vowel sounds, endless laughs — a phonics song for little voices

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

Beanbag, Beanbag

Throw it, catch it, balance it — the song that gets everyone moving

Bedtime (The Evening Is Coming, The Sun Sinks To Rest)

The perfect musical end to every busy, wonderful day

Bobby Shaftoe

A Scottish lament for a silver-buckled sailor gone to sea

Bright Morning Stars Are Rising

A gentle Appalachian spiritual welcoming the dawn

Bye Baby Bunting / One for Sorrow

Two traditional rhymes combined — a tender lullaby and a magpie counting song

Cackle Cackle Mother Goose

A cheerful nursery rhyme celebrating the original storyteller herself

Camptown Races

Stephen Foster's exuberant American minstrel song about a legendary horse race

Clap Your Hands Together

A simple, joyful action song for very young children

Cloud Pictures

A dreamy Victorian nursery song about watching shapes in the sky

Cobbler Cobbler Mend My Shoe

A satisfying rhythmic rhyme from the age of handmade shoes

Come Let's to Bed

A gentle bedtime rhyme from the mouth of three sleepy characters

Coulter's Candy

A beloved Scottish sweet-shop song that has soothed children for 150 years

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

Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron

A cheerful folksong following a young man's admiration through every day of the week

Day and Night

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

Desperate Dan

A comic verse celebrating the gloriously scruffy fictional hero of The Dandy

Ding Dong Bell

The cautionary cat-in-the-well rhyme with a surprisingly ancient history

Do Do Baby Do

A gentle, melodic lullaby with images of hens and roses

Do Your Ears Hang Low

The wonderfully silly ear-waggling song every child knows and loves

Down in the Jungle Boogie

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

Eeny Meeny Miny Moe

The ancient counting-out rhyme used by children the world over to decide who goes first

Five Currant Buns

The classic countdown counting song set in a baker's shop

Five Fat Sausages

The satisfyingly explosive counting-down song with a sizzle and a bang

Five Little Frogs on a Lily

A splashy counting-down song about five frogs diving one by one into a pond

Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer

A cosmic counting-down song about five tiny aliens who don't like what they see

Froggy Went a-Courtin'

The ancient ballad of a frog who woos a mouse — one of the oldest folk songs in existence

Ging Gang Goolie

The nonsense camp-fire song composed by Baden-Powell himself in 1907

Go Tell Aunt Rhody

A gentle American folk song about the death of an old grey goose

Go to Sleep You Baby

A tender lullaby with a gently surprising twist in its delivery

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

The beloved counting and story song about porridge, chairs, and a very nosy little girl

Goodnight, Goodnight

A warm and gentle farewell song to end a perfect day of music and play

Goosey, Goosey Gander

A goose wanders the house and throws an old man down the stairs

Here's the Church

A finger play rhyme that builds a church with your hands

Horsey, Horsey

A gentle clip-clop song about the journey homeward bound

Hot Cross Buns

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

I Had a Cat

A cumulative song of farmyard animals, each adding their own sound

I Had a Little Nut Tree

A silver nutmeg and a golden pear — fit for a King's daughter

I Love Little Kitty

A gentle cat, a warm fire, and a promise of kindness

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

I'm the King of the Castle

Climb to the top and declare yourself ruler — until someone pushes you off

In and Out the Dusty Bluebells

A weaving ring game through arches of children's arms

In and Out the Windows

A circle dance that weaves through arches as windows and staircases

Inchworm

Two and two are four — counting marigolds while missing their beauty

Is That Teddy Ready for Bed?

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

It's Raining, It's Pouring

The old man is snoring — three rainy-day rhymes combined in one lively recording

Jack Sprat

One eats no fat, the other eats no lean — together they clean the plate

Jelly on a Plate

Wibble wobble, wibble wobble — a wiggly song about food

Kumbaya

Someone's singing, Lord — a gentle song of prayer and togetherness

Ladybird, Ladybug

Fly away home — your house is on fire and your children are gone

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

Little White Duck

Sitting in the water doing what he oughter — the happiest duck in the pond

London's Burning

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

Mah Nà Mah Nà

Mah nà mah nà — the song that doesn't mean anything and means everything

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

Nature's Good Night

Clouds, birds, trees and flowers — all the world nods off to sleep

Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo

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

Number Bonds to Ten

Zero and ten, one and nine — learning to add up to ten through song

Nuts in May

Here we go gathering nuts in May — on a cold and frosty morning

Oh My Darling, Clementine

Lost and gone forever — the miner's daughter who fell into the foaming brine

Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?

Ears cut short and tail cut long — where has the little dog wandered?

Oh! Susanna

I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee — don't you cry for me

On Top of Old Smokey

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

One Potato, Two Potato

A medley of counting rhymes and playground dips

Pease Pudding Hot

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

Peter Hammers

Hammering along with Peter, one hammer at a time

Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

A husband with an unusual approach to domestic difficulties

Peter Rabbit

A fly on his nose and a fine pair of floppy ears

Pick a Bale of Cotton

Jump down, turn around, pick a bale a day

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

Rock the Cradle

Tip-toe past the cradle while baby sleeps

Rocking Carol

A Czech Christmas lullaby for the little man in the manger

Shortnin' Bread

Mama's little baby loves shortnin' bread

Sing, Sing, Sing

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

Six Little Ducks

The one with the feather on his back leads the quacking

Sleep On, Little One

The flowers nod their heads and dream the night away

Sleep, Little Child

Mother at the bedside, moon on the hill, the world gone still

Sweet Be Your Sleep

Goodnight to you all and sweet be your sleep

Taffy Was a Welshman

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

Ten Little Indians

Counting up to ten and counting back again

The Farmer's in His Den

The farmer wants a wife, the wife wants a child — and the dog wants a bone

The Jumping Song

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

The North Wind Doth Blow

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

The Sparrow

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

The Sun Is Down

A gentle lullaby as the sun sets, stars appear and drowsy eyes begin to close

There Was a Crooked Man

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

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 Was a Princess Long Ago

The Sleeping Beauty story told in song — princess, tower, forest and prince

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

There Were Ten in a Bed

Ten in a bed and the little one says roll over — until there's just one left

There's a Hole in the Middle of the Sea

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

There's a Worm at the Bottom of the Garden

Wiggly Woo the worm and Slippery Sue the snail live at the bottom of the garden

This Little Piggy Went to Market

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

Three Wise Men of Gotham

Three wise men sail to sea in a bowl — and the bowl was not strong enough

To Market, to Market

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

Waltzing Matilda

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

What Are Little Boys Made Of?

Snips and snails for boys, sugar and spice for girls — the classic rhyme extended

Who Built the Ark?

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

Winkum, Winkum

A gentle lullaby as the moonlight peeps and the baby's eyes grow heavy