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If Wishes Were Horses

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If Wishes Were Horses

If wishes were horses,
Beggars would ride.
If turnips were watches,
I’d wear one by my side.
And if “ifs” and “ands”
Were pots and pans,
There’d be no work for tinkers!

Filed Under: Lyrics, Nursery Rhymes Tagged With: around town, I, Imagine Your Story, preschoolers, toddlers

A Cat Came Fiddling

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A Cat Came Fiddling

A cat came fiddling out of the barn,
With a pair of bagpipes under her arm.
She could sing nothing but “Fiddle-de-dee,
The mouse has married the bumble-bee.”
Pipe, cat!
Dance, mouse!
We’ll have a wedding at our good house.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Nursery Rhymes Tagged With: A, animals, Imagine Your Story, preschoolers, Tails and Tales, toddlers, traditional

Hush-a-bye Baby

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Hush-a-bye Baby

Hush-a-bye, Baby,
In the tree top,
When the wind blows
The cradle will rock;
When the bough breaks
The cradle will fall,
Down tumbles cradle
And Baby and all.

This song is also known as Rock-a-Bye and can work as a lullaby or as an action song. See Rock-a-Bye for more details on the actions.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Nursery Rhymes Tagged With: actions, H, infants, toddlers, traditional song, weather

The Man in the Wilderness

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The Man in the Wilderness

The man in the wilderness asked me
How many strawberries grew in the sea.
I answered him as I thought good,
As many red herrings as grew in the wood.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Nursery Rhymes Tagged With: people, T, traditional

The Hobby Horse

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The Hobby Horse

I had a little hobby horse,
And it was dapple gray.
Its head was made of pea-straw,
Its tail was made of hay.
I sold it to an old woman
For a copper groat;
And I’ll not sing my song again
Without another coat.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Nursery Rhymes Tagged With: animals, infants, T, Tails and Tales, toddlers, traditional

To Market, To Market

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To Market, To Market

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig;
Home again, home again, jiggety jig.
To market, to market, to buy a fat hog;
Home again, home again, jiggety jog.

To market, to market, to buy a white caked;
Home again, home again, never was baked.
To market, to market to buy a plum bun;
Home again, home again, market is done!

Filed Under: Lyrics, Nursery Rhymes Tagged With: actions, animals, around town, food, Imagine Your Story, infants, preschoolers, T, Tails and Tales, toddlers

Five Fingers

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Five Fingers

One finger says good day,
One finger likes to play,
One finger nice and long,
One finger sweet and strong.
One thumb, young or old,
One hand, perfect to hold.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Nursery Rhymes Tagged With: actions, body, counting, F, infants, preschoolers, toddlers

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

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It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

It’s raining, it’s pouring
The old man is snoring
He bumped his head
And went to bed
And didn’t get up till morning.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Nursery Rhymes Tagged With: I, infants, newborns, people, preschoolers, Spring, toddlers, traditional song, weather

I Hear Thunder

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I Hear Thunder

(Possible variation: Sing to “Frere Jacques“)

I hear thunder, I hear thunder,
Hark, don’t you? Hark, don’t you?
Pitter-patter raindrops,
Pitter-patter raindrops,
I’m wet through,
So are you.

http://laptimesongs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Frere-Jacques.mp3

Download this instrumental version of Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?) to listen and practice offline.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Nursery Rhymes Tagged With: I, infants, newborns, preschoolers, Spring, toddlers, weather

One for Sorrow

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One for Sorrow

One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret
Never to be told.

Filed Under: Lyrics, Nursery Rhymes Tagged With: counting, infants, newborns, O, people, preschoolers, toddlers

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