| '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' |