'Aiken Drum' |
|
Scotland |
1825 |
'A Was an Apple Pie' |
|
England |
1671 |
'A Wise Old Owl' |
|
USA? |
1915 |
'A-Tisket, A-Tasket' |
|
USA |
c. 1879 |
'As I was going by Charing Cross' |
'As I was going to Charing Cross' |
England |
17th century? |
'As I was going to St Ives' |
|
England |
c. 1730 |
'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep' |
|
England |
c. 1744 |
'Billy Boy' |
|
USA |
1930 |
'Bingo' |
|
England |
c. 1780 |
'Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea' |
|
England |
1805 |
'Bye, baby Bunting' |
|
England |
1784 |
'Cock a doodle doo' |
|
England |
1765 |
'Did You Ever See a Lassie?' |
|
USA? Scotland? |
1895-1900 |
'Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling, My Son John' |
|
England |
1797 |
'Ding Dong Bell' |
|
England |
1580 |
'Doctor Foster' |
|
England |
1844 |
'Eeny, meeny, miny, moe' |
|
Britain or USA |
1888 |
'Eeper Weeper' |
'Heeper Peeper' |
England |
late 19th early 20th century |
'Five little speckled frogs' |
|
USA? |
20th century |
'Frère Jacques' |
'Brother John' |
France |
c. 1780 |
'Frog Went A-Courting' |
'A frog he would a-wooing go' |
England |
1611 |
'Georgie Porgie' |
|
England |
c. 1850 |
'Girls and Boys Come Out To Play' |
'Boys and Girls Come Out to Play' |
England |
1708 |
'Goosey Goosey Gander' |
|
England |
1784 |
'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush' |
'Mulberry Bush' |
England |
c. 1850 |
'Hey Diddle Diddle' |
|
England |
c. 1765 |
'Hickory Dickory Dock' |
'Hickety Dickety Dock' |
England |
c. 1744 |
'Hot Cross Buns' |
|
England |
1797 |
'How Many Miles to Babylon?' |
|
Scotland |
1801 |
'Humpty Dumpty' |
|
England |
1803 |
'Hush Little Baby' |
|
USA |
? |
'If wishes were horses, beggars would ride' |
'If wishes were horses' |
Britain |
1605 |
'I do not like thee, Doctor Fell' |
|
England |
1680 |
'I Had a Little Nut Tree' |
|
England |
1789 |
'I'm a Little Teapot' |
|
USA |
1939 |
'I Love Little Pussy' |
|
England |
1830 |
'It's Raining, It's Pouring' |
|
USA |
1939 |
'Itsy Bitsy Spider' |
'Eensy Weensy Spider' |
USA |
1910 |
'Jack and Jill' |
|
England |
c. 1765 |
'Jackanory' |
|
England |
c. 1760 |
'Jack Be Nimble' |
|
England |
c. 1815 |
'Jack Sprat' |
|
England |
1639 |
'Ladybird Ladybird' |
'Ladybug Ladybug' |
Britain |
c. 1744 |
'Lavender's Blue' |
'Lavender Blue' |
England |
late 17th century |
'Little Arabella Miller' |
|
USA? |
20th century |
'Little Bo Peep' |
|
England |
c. 1805 |
'Little Boy Blue' |
|
England |
c. 1744 |
'Little Jack Horner' |
|
England |
1725 |
'Little Miss Muffet' |
|
England |
1805 |
'Little Poll Parrot' |
|
England |
1853 |
'Little Robin Redbreast' |
|
England |
c. 1744 |
'Little Tommy Tucker' |
|
England |
c. 1744 |
'London Bridge Is Falling Down' |
|
England |
c. 1744 |
'Lucy Locket' |
|
England or USA |
1842 |
'Mary Had a Little Lamb' |
|
USA |
1830 |
'Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary' |
|
England |
c. 1744 |
'Matthew, Mark, Luke and John' |
"Black Paternoster" |
Britain |
1656 |
'Monday's Child' |
|
England |
1838 |
'Needles and Pins' |
|
England |
1843 |
'Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep' |
|
USA |
1737 |
'Nuts in May' |
'Gathering Nuts in May' |
England |
1894 |
'Old King Cole' |
|
England |
1708-1709 |
'Old McDonald Had a Farm' |
|
USA |
1917 |
'Old Mother Hubbard' |
|
England |
1805 |
'On Top of Old Smoky' |
|
USA |
1951 |
'One for Sorrow' |
|
Britain |
c. 1780 |
'One, Two, Buckle My Shoe' |
|
England or USA |
1805 |
'One, Two, Three, Four, Five' |
|
England |
c. 1765 |
'Oranges and Lemons' |
|
England |
c. 1744 |
'Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man' |
"Pat-a-cake", "patty-cake" or "pattycake" |
England |
1698 |
'Pease Porridge Hot' |
'Peas Porridge Hot' or 'Pease Pudding Hot' |
England |
c. 1765 |
'Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater' |
|
USA? |
c. 1825 |
'Peter Piper' |
|
England |
1813 |
'Polly Put the Kettle On' |
|
England |
1803 |
'Poor Mary' |
'Poor Jenny' or 'Poor Sally' |
England |
1880s |
'Pop Goes the Weasel' |
|
England |
1850s |
'Pretty Little Dutch Girl' |
|
USA |
1940s |
'The Queen of Hearts' |
|
Britain |
1782 |
'Pussy Cat Pussy Cat' |
|
Britain |
1805 |
'Rain Rain Go Away' |
|
England |
1659 |
'Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross' |
|
England |
1784 |
'Ring a Ring o' Roses' |
'Ring Around the Rosie' |
England |
1881 |
'Rock-a-bye Baby' |
|
England |
c. 1765 |
'Roses are red' |
|
England |
1784 |
'Round and round the garden' |
|
Britain |
1940s |
'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' |
|
USA |
1852 |
'Rub A Dub Dub' |
|
England |
1798 |
'See Saw Margery Daw' |
|
Britain |
c. 1765 |
'Simple Simon' |
|
England |
1764 |
'Sing a Song of Sixpence' |
|
England |
c. 1744 |
'Solomon Grundy' |
|
Britain |
1842 |
'Star Light, Star Bright' |
|
USA |
late 19th century |
'Sticks and Stones' |
|
Britain |
before 1872 |
'Taffy was a Welshman' |
|
England |
c. 1780 |
'Ten Little Indians' |
|
USA |
1868 |
'The Farmer in the Dell' |
'The Farmer's in his Den' |
Germany |
1820 |
'The Grand Old Duke of York' |
'The Noble Duke of York' |
England |
1642 |
'The Lion and the Unicorn' |
|
England |
1708-1709 |
'The Muffin Man' |
|
England |
c. 1820 |
'There Was a Crooked Man' |
|
Britain |
1842 |
'There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe' |
|
England |
1794 |
'There Was an Old Woman Who Lived Under a Hill' |
|
England |
1714 |
'This Is The House That Jack Built' |
|
England |
1755 |
'This Little Piggy' |
'This Little Pig' |
England |
c. 1760 |
'This Old Man' |
|
England |
1906 |
'Three Blind Mice' |
|
England |
1609 |
'Three Little Kittens' |
|
USA |
1853 |
'Three Wise Men of Gotham' |
|
England |
c. 1765 |
'Tinker, Tailor' |
|
England |
1695 |
'To market, to market' |
|
England |
1611 |
'Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son' |
|
Britain |
1795 |
'Tweedledum and Tweedledee' |
|
Britain |
1805 |
'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' |
|
Britain |
1806 |
'Two Little Dickie Birds' |
|
Britain |
c. 1765 |
'Wee Willie Winkie' |
|
Scotland |
1841 |
'What Are Little Boys Made Of?' |
'What Are Little Girls Made Of?' |
Britain |
c. 1820 |
'Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone?' |
'Der Deitcher's Dog' |
Germany? |
1846 |
'Who Killed Cock Robin?' |
|
England |
c. 1744 |
'Wind the Bobbin Up' |
|
England |
1890s |
'Wynken, Blynken, and Nod' |