The complete book of rhymes, songs, poems, fingerplays, and chants

Introduction 1,2,3, 2,4,6,8 A: After my bath Aiken drum Air Alack, alack All about me All by myself All through the night Alouette Alphabet forward and backwards Alphabet song America the beautiful Anchors aweigh Animal fair Annie Mae Ants go marching Apples and bananas April clouds Are you sleeping? Arroro mi nino (hush now, my little one) Arroz con leche (rice with milk) As I was going to Banbury As I was going to sell my butter As I was going to St Ives As I was walking (in a field of wheat) As I was walking (near the lake) As I went to Bonner As I went up the apple tree As light as a feather Au Clair de la lune (by the light of the moon) Aunt Maria Auntie, will your dog bite? Autumn leaves B: Baby bear's chicken pox Baby bumblebee Baby mice Baby seeds Baker Barber, barber Bat, bat, come under my hat B-B-B-baby Be kind to your web-footed friends Be very quiet Bears eat honey Bear Bear went over the mountain Bed is too small Bees Betty bought a bit of butter Bicycle built for two Big and small Big bass drum Big rock candy mountain Big ship sailing Big turkey Billy boy Bingo Birds Birthday candles Blackberries Blow, wind, blow Bobby shaftoe Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy? Bounce the ball Bouncing ball Bow wow, says the dog Boys and girls Brahm's lullaby Bryan O'Lynn Buenos Dias Buffalo gals Bumblebee Bus Buttercups and daisies Buying a horse Bye baby bunting C: Cackle, cackle, Mother Goose Calliope song Can you wash your father's shirt? Cap, mittens, shoes, and socks Cat Catalina Magnalina Catch him, crow Caterpillar crawled Caterpillar Charlie over the ocean Chickery, chickery, cranny crow Chocolate rhyme Choosing a kitten Christmas is coming Clap your hands Clementine Clock Cloud Clouds Cobbler, cobbler Cock-a-doodle-doo Cockles and mussels Cock's on the housetop Color song Come and listen Come, butter, come Counting Cow Crocodile song Crocodile Cross patch Cuantos cuentos?/how many tales Curly locks Cushy cow Bonnie

D: Daffy down dilly Dance a merry jig Dance, thumbkin, dance Dancing rainbows Deedle, deedle, dumpling Devonshire rhyme Dickery, dickery, dare Did you ever see a lassie? Did you feed my cow? Diller, a dollar Ding, dong, bell Dinosaurs Dirty old Bill Do your ears hang low? Donkey, donkey Donut song Doodlebug Doodle-li-do Dormy, dormy dormouse Down by the bay Down by the riverside Down by the station Downy duck Dr Foster went to Gloucester Dusty E: Eeny, meeny, miney, mo El barquito (the little boat) Elephant goes Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsey, and Bess Elsie Marley Engine, engine Erie Canal Every morning at eight o'clock Eye rhymes Eye winkler F: Family Family fun Farmer in the dell Father, mother, and Uncle John Fiddle-i-fee Fido Firefighters Fire, fire Five currant buns Five fingers on each hand Five little ducks Five little fingers Five little froggies Five little mice Five little monkeys (jumping on the bed) Five little monkeys (swinging from a tree) Five little pumpkins Five little sausages Five little snowmen Five little speckled frogs Five waiting pumpkins Floppy rag doll Flour of England, fruit of Spain Fly hath married the bumblebee Fooba wooba John Food song Found a peanut Four seeds Fox went out on a chilly night Frog went a-courtin' Froggie sat on a log From Wibbleton Frosty weather Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear G: Ghost of John Giddy up Go in and out the window Go tell Aunt Rhody Go to bed early Gobble, gobble, gobble Going on a bear hunt Gold ships Good morning Good morning, merry sunshine Good morning, Mrs Hen Good night, sleep tight Goosey, goosey, gander Grand Old Duke of York Grandpa's (or grandma's) glasses Granfa' Grig Gray goose and gander Gray squirrel Green cheese Green grass grew all around Green grow the rushes O Gregory Griggs H: Had a little rooster Handy pandy Hanky panky He's got the whole world in his hands Head, shoulders, baby Head and shoulders Hear the lively song Here are my ears Here are my eyes Here is a beehive Here is a bunny Here is a house Here is the sea Here sits the lord mayor Here we come gathering knots of may Here we go Hey, diddle, diddle, dout Hey, diddle diddle Hey, diddle dinkety poppety pet Hey, my name is Joe! Hickety, pickety, my black hen Hickory, dickory, dock Higglrty, pigglety, pop! High and low High there in the deep blue sky Hinx, minx Hipplety hop to the grocery shop Hokey pokey Home on the range Home, sweet home Horsie, horsie Hot cross buns! House that Jack built How go the ladies How many miles to Babylon? How much wood Humpty Dumpty Hunting we will go Hush, little baby Hush-a-bye

I: I can do it myself I clap my hands I clap my hands (to make a sound) I eat my peas I had a dog I had a little brother I had a little cow I had a little dog I had a little pig I had a little pony (his name was dapple gray) I had a little pony (that trotted up and down) I had a loose tooth I have a little sister I have a little wagon I have so many parts to me I have something in my pocket I have two eyes I know a little puppy I know a little pussy I know something I like silver I love little pussy I love the mountains I measure myself I never had a dog I never saw a purple cow I saw a ship a-sailing I saw eight magpies I stand on tiptoe I use my brain I went upstairs (just like me) I went upstairs (to make my bed) I wiggle I wish I were If all the seas If all the world were paper If I had a donkey If I were an apple If wishes were horses If you're happy and you know it I'll buy you a tartan bonnet I'm a choo-choo train I'm a frozen icicle I'm a jack-o-lantern I'm a little acorn brown I'm a little Dutch girl In a cabin in the woods In a cottage in fife In marble walls Inside out It rains, it blows It's raining Itsy bitsy spider I've been working on the railroad I've got sixpence J: Jack and Jill Jack-a-nory Jack be nimble Jack Frost Jack-in-the-box Jack-in-the-box (oh, so still) Jack, Jack Jack-o-lantern Jack Sprat Jaybird, jaybird Jelly on the plate Jennie Jenkins Jim along Josie Jingle bells / Casca beles John Brown's baby John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt Johnny Appleseed Johnny works with one hammer Juba this and juba that Jumping Joan K: Knock at the door Kookaburra Kumbaya L: Ladybug! ladybug! Last night, the night before Lavender's blue Lazy Mary Leg over leg Let's be friends by Jackie Silberg Let's go to the wood Little Arabella Miller Little ball Little Betty blue Little Bo peep Little boy blue Little fishes in a brook Little green frog Little hunk of tin Little Jack Horner Little King Pippin Little maid, little maid Little Miss Muffet Little Miss Tucket Little mouse Little mousie Little Nancy Etticoat Little poll parrot Little red apple Little red caboose Little red wagon Little robin red breast Little sir echo Little skunk's hole Little squirrel Little Tommy Tinker Little Tommy Tittlemouse Little Tommy Tucker Little white rabbit London bridge Looby loo Los pollitos Lucy locket M: Make a pancake Make new friends /amigos Man in the moon (came down too soon) Man in the moon (looked out of the moon) Man in the wilderness Mary Ann, Mary Ann Mary had a little lamb Mary, Mary Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Me and you Merry are the bells Merry ma Tanzie Merry sunshine Michael Finnegan Michael, row the boat ashore Milkman, milkman Miss Mary Mack Miss Polly had a dolly Mister sun Monday's child Moon shines bright More me get together Moses supposes Mother, may I Mr Noboby Mr Turkey Muffin man Mulberry bush My apple My big balloon My bike My Bonnie lies over the ocean My dog rags My eyes can see My father is extremely tall My father owns a butcher shop My favorite toys My grandfather's clock My hand on myself My hat, it had three corners My head My little sister My mama told me My old hen's a good old hen My shadow N: North wind doth blow Nose, nose, jolly red nose Now we are gathering nuts in may Nut tree O: Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow Oh, dear, what can the matter be? Oh, how lovely is the evening Oh, the mighty King of France Oh, rare Harry Parry Oh, you can't get to heaven Old Dan Tucker Old gray cat Old gray mare Old King Cole Old MacDonald had a farm Old Mother Goose Old Mother Hubbard Old woman Old woman's pie Oliver Twist (can you do this?) Oliver Twist (couldn't do this) On a dark, dark night On Saturday night Once I saw a little bird One dark and stormy night One elephant One finger, one thumb, keep moving One for the money One for the mouse One misty, moisty, morning One old oxford ox One potato, two potato One to make ready One, two One, two, three, four One, two, three, four, five One's none Open, shut them Over in the meadow O, Susanna Over the river and through the wood Owl and the pussycat

P:

Pat-a-cake

Pawpaw patch

Peanut butter

Peanut sitting on a railroad track

Peas porridge hot

Peter Piper

Pettitoes

Pie sat on a pear tree

Pinkety, pinkety

Pipe, cat

Point to the right

Polly put the kettle on

Polly wolly doodle

Pop! Goes the weasel

Porridge is bubbling

Pretty butterfly

Pretty maid, pretty maid

Puddin' n' tame

Punchinello

Puppet clown

Puppies and kittens

Pussy at the fireside

Pussy cat

Pussy cat ate the dumplings

Pussy cat mew

Pussycat, pussycat

Q:

Queen of Hearts

R:

Rain

Rain (on the green grass)

Rain (splish, splash)

Rain, rain, go away

Raindrop song

Rat-a-tat-tat

Red dress

Red River Valley

Red, white, and blue

Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross

Rig-a-jig-jig

Rindle, randle

Ring around the Rosie

River

Robert Rowley rolled a round

Robin and Richard

Rockabye, baby

Rock-a-bye, they cradle is green

Rock-a-my-soul

Rose is red, the violet's blue

Roses are red

Round and round

Round and round the garden

Round the maypole

Row, row, row your boat

S:

Sailing, sailing

Sailor went to sea

Sally go round the sun

Sam, Sam

Say and touch

Say, say, my playmate

Scarborough fair

Seasons

Secret

See a pin

See-saw, Margery Daw

See-saw, Millie McGraw

See saw, sacradown

September blow soft

She is handsome

She sells seashells

She waded in the water

She'll be comin' round the mountain

Shoo fly

Short'nin'bread

Simple gifts

Simple Simon

Sing a song of sixpence

Sing, sing

Sippin' cider through a straw

Sippity sup, sippity sup

Six little snowmen

Six white ducks

Skidamarink

Skip to my Lou

Sleep, baby, sleep

Slip on your raincoat

Slippery soap

Slowly, slowly

Smiling girls

Snail

Snail, snail

Snow, snow, fly away

Snowman

Snowman (as round as a ball)

Soda bread

Solomon Grundy

Sometimes

Spring is coming

Spring is showery

Squirrel

Star light, star bright

Star spangled banner

Stop, look, and listen

Stretching chant

Stretching fun

Sur le pont d'avignon

Susie Moriar

Swim little fishie

Swing

T:

Take me out to the ball game

Taps

Teacher, teacher

Teddy bear, teddy bear

Teeter totter

Ten in the bed

Ten little fingers

Terrific toes

Thank you

There once was a queen

There once was a sow

There once was a turtle

There was a bee-eye-ee-eye-ee

There was a crooked man

There was a little boy

There was a little girl

There was a maid on Scrabble Hill

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

There was an old woman, and what do you think?

There was an old woman (lived under some stairs)

There was an old woman (tossed up in a basket)

There was an old woman (who lived under a hill)

There were three cooks of Colebrook

There were three jovial huntsmen

There's a hole in the middle of the sea

There's a hole in the bucket

These are mother's knives and forks

They that wash on Monday

Thirty days hath September

This is the church

This is the way we wash our face

This little doggie

This little finger

This little hand

This little light of mine

This little pig

This little piggy

This little snail

This old man

Three jolly gentlemen

Three little kittens

Three little witches

Three men in a tub

Three wise men of Gotham

Thumbkin, pointer

Thunderstorm

Tidy up

Time to pick up

Tiny seeds

Tiny Tim

Tippety tin

Tisket, a tasket

To market, to market

Today is a birthday!

Tom, Tom

Tommy thumbs

Tooty ta

Toys away

Turtle

Twenty white horses

Twinkle, twinkle, little star

Twister of twists

Two crows

Two in the middle

Two little blackbirds

Two little dogs

Two little houses

Two sticks and an apple

U:

Un, deux, trois

Under the spreading chestnut tree

Uno, dos, y tres

Unwind the thread

Up in the green orchard

Up the wooden hill

Up to the ceiling

Upstairs, downstairs

V:

Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn

W:

Wake up, Jack-in-the-box

Wake up, Jacob

Walk one day

Warm hands

Wash the dishes

Way down south

Way down yonder

We can

We wish you a Merry Christmas

Wee Willie Winkie

What do you see?

What the animals say

What'll I do with my baby-o?

Wheels on the bus

When ducks get up in the morning

When I was one

When I was young

When Jack's a very good boy

When that I was but a little tiny boy

Where do you wear your ears?

Where is thumbkin?

Where, oh, where has my little dog gone?

Whether the weather

White coral bells

Who is that singing?

Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?

Whoops, Johnny

Whose little pigs

Willoby wallaby woo

Willy boy, Willy boy, where are you going?

Wind

Wind (blows high)

Wind (swoosh, swirl)

Wind the bobbin

Window watching

Windshield wiper

Wine and cakes for gentlemen

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

X:

X,Y, and tumbledown Z

Y:

Yankee Doodle

Yellow rose of Texas

Yorkshire lullabye

You're a grand old flag

Z:

Zoom, zoom, zoom

Zum gali gali

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