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Old English nursery rhymes

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Old English nursery rhymes

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Girls and boys. Girls and boys come out to play ; Polly put the kettle on/Lucy Locket lost her pocket ; Jack and Jill went up the hill ; Tom, he was a piper's son ; Little boy blue, come blow your horn ; Little Miss Muffet, she sat on a tuffet ; Oh dear what can the matter be? -- Here we go round the mulberry bush (Games and dances). Here we go round the mulberry bush ; Oranges and lemons ; Oats and beans and barley grow ; The farmer's in his den ; Dance to your daddy ; A ring o' roses -- Hey diddle diddle (Riddles and nonsense). Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle/Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall ; I had four brothers over the sea ; I saw a ship a-sailing ; There was a man lived in the moon ; If all the world were paper -- The lion and the unicorn (The high and mighty). Lavender's blue ; Sing a song of sixpence ; I had a little nut tree ; Oliver Cromwell lay buried and dead ; Old King Cole was a merry old soul ; The grand old Duke of York/The lion and the unicorn -- Ding dong bell (Cats and mice). Ding dong bell, pussy's in the well ; Hickory dickory dock ; Three blind mice ; There were three little kittens ; I love little pussy ; Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been? ; Three mice went into a hole to spin -- A frog he would a wooing go (Fortune and fate). My daddy is dead, but I can't tell you how ; A jolly fat frog lived in the river ; The north wind doth blow ; Who killed cock Robin? ; A frog he would a wooing go -- Little Bo Peep (Sheep). Mary had a little lamb ; Baa baa black sheep ; Little Bo Peep -- Hot cross buns (Food). Hot cross buns ; Little Jack Horner ; Dame get up and bake your pies ; Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker's man ; Oh, what have you got for dinner Mrs. Bond? -- Hush a bye baby (Bedtime). Hush a bye baby on the tree top ; Dance a baby diddy ; Hey diddle dumpling, my son John ; Twinkle twinkle little star ; Sleep, baby sleep ; Boy and girls to play (instrumental version)

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