A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes

A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes (1895)
by Sabine Baring-Gould

Introduction
Nursery Songs I. THE TASK II. A LYING TALE III. THREE JOVIAL WELSHMEN IV. THE NUT TREE V. THE FOX VI. THE HERRING'S HEAD VII. MOTHER'S SONG VIII. THE FOOLISH BOY IX. TOMMY-A-LYNN X. PRIMROSE HILL XI. GREEN AND AIRY AROUND XII. LAST NIGHT THE DOGS DID BARK XIII. NICE YOUNG MAIDENS XIV. AMONG THE GREEN HAY XV. ONE MICHAELMAS MORN XVI. THE OLD COUPLE XVII. THE FROG WHO WOULD A-WOOING GO XVIII. MY JOHNNY WAS A SHOEMAKER XIX. THE JACKET AND PETTICOAT XX. THE WHALE XXI. WINE AND WATER XXII. THE TREE IN THE WOOD XXIII. THE QUAKER SONG XXIV. GOOD KING ARTHUR XXV. MY BILLY BOY XXVI. THE CARRION CROW XXVII. THE BABES IN THE WOOD XXVIII. I LOVE SIXPENCE XXIX. THE LITTLE DANDY XXX. WIG, HAT, AND CANE XXXI. CHIT, CHAT XXXII. SONG OF SPRING XXXIII. WINTER SONG XXXIV. THREE CHILDREN SLIDING XXXV. IF ALL THE WORLD WERE PAPER XXXVI. IF I HAD TWO SHIPS XXXVII. THE HUNTING OF THE HARE XXXVIII. THE LITTLE MAN XXXIX. SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE XL. LUCY LOCKET XLI. LITTLE BINGO XLII. A SHIP A-SAILING XLIII. THE SCARECROW XLIV. ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING XLV. LITTLE JOHN COOK XLVI. LITTLE BO-PEEP XLVII. THE MAGPIE XLVIII. ROBIN REDBREAST AND JENNY WREN XLIX. NEW-YEAR'S DAY L. THE DILLY SONG LI. GREEN BROOM LIL. TOM, THE PIPER'S SON LIII. WHERE ARE YOU GOING MY PRETTY MAID? LIV. LULLABY LV. THE ROBIN LVI. CLICK, CLACK LVII. THE SNAIL LVIII. SCHOOL OVER LIX. TWINKLE, TWINKLE LX. GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD MORNING LXI. THE PIGS LXII. THE LITTLE FISHERMAN LXIII. THE LITTLE OLD WOMAN LXIV. THE RIDDLE LXV. GIRLS AND BOYS COME OUT TO PLAY LXVI. MRS. BOND LXVII. THE LITTLE COCK-SPARROW LXVIII. THE GOOSE AND GANDER LXIX. AIKEN DRUM LXX. PUSSY-CAT LXXI. THE BONNIE PIT LADDIE LXXII. THE GOLDEN BALL LXXIII. MRS. MARY LXXIV. OLD MOTHER HUBBARD LXXV. WHO KILLED COCK-ROBIN? LXXVI. THE JEW'S GARDEN LXXVII. LITTLE ST. WILLIAM	Game Rhymes I. THREE DUKES A-RIDING II. ORANGES AND LEMONS III. GREEN GRAVEL IV. PRETTY LITTLE GIRL V. THE PRICKLY BUSH VI. JINNY, JAN VII. MARY BROWN VIII. THE POOR WOMAN OF BABYLON IX. ROSY APPLE X. FORTY DUKES	Nursery Jingles I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXV. XXXVI. XXXVII. XXXVIII. XXXIX. XL. XLI. XLII. XLIII. XLIV. XLV. XLVI. XLVII. XLVIII. XLIX. L. LI. LII. LIII. LIV. LV. LVI. LVII. LVIII. LIX. LX. LXI. LXII. LXIII. LXIV. LXV. LXVI. LXVII. LXVIII. LXIX. LXX. LXXI. LXXII. LXXIII. LXXIV. LXXV. LXXVI. LXXVII. LXXIII. LXXIX. LXXX. LXXXI. LXXXII. LXXXIII. LXXXIV. LXXXV. LXXXVI. LXXXVII. LXXXVIII. LXXXIX. XC. XCI.
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