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1. LITTLE MISS MUFFET
There once was a gal named Miss Muffet
Who sat her fat butt on a tuffet.
Down came a black spider
And sad down beside her
And told poor Miss Muffet to stuff it.
2. LITTLE JACK HORNER
There once was a Little Jack Horner
Who sat on a cat in the corner.
He found a ripe plum
On the end of his thumb
That he gave to an elderly mourner.
2. HUMPTY DUMPTY
Humpty Dumpty who sat on a wall
Was being set up to take a great fall.
All the King's horsemen
Tried again and again
But Humpty's pieces were simply too small.
3. HICKORY-DICKORY DOCK
On the hickory-dickory dock
Sat an ancient grandfatherly clock.
When the clock struck One
A mouse had to run
To avoid the pendulum’s block.
4. 3 LITTLE KITTENS
There once were three cute little kittens
Who found three pairs of white mittens.
With nary a pause
They pushed out their claws
And sold their gloves for a pittance.
(or composition of Ben Britten’s)
5.THE WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE
The woman who lived inside a shoe
Had ten children with nothing to do.
With their soles on the floors
They locked all the doors
And passed to each other the flu!
6. MUFFET 2
There once was a lady named Muffet
Who wanted to learn how to rough it.
So she got on her knees
To eat cottage cheese
And met a weird spider named Buffett.
7. JACK AND JILL
A couple known as Jack and Jill
One day walked to the top of a hill.
As Jack stumbled and fell
Jill went back to the well
To try and get a water refill.
8. 3 BLIND MICE
There once were three wily blind mice
Who had a wont for vodka and ice.
They went to the freezer
And startled a geezer
Who was starting to make up some rice.
9. LITTLE BO PEEP
There once was a Little Bo Peep
Who misplaced each and all of her sheep.
She looked all around
But didn’t hear a sound
She was tired so she lay down to sleep.
10. 3 MEN IN A BOWL
Three wise men went to sea in a bowl
Carrying with them a flag on a pole.
If the bowl were stronger
This poem would be longer
Instead they all fell down a hole.
11. SOLDIER OF BISTER
There was an old soldier of Bister
Who went out walking with his sister.
When a cow with a poke
Tossed him into an oak
Before the old gentleman missed her.
12. LITTLE JACK SPRAT
Little Jack Sprat who could eat no fat
Was eating dinner off his placemat.
As he ate all the lean
His wife picked the bone clean
And gave the rest to the cat.
13. WEE WILLIE WINKIE
Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town
Upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown.
As he peers through the lock
He cries “Eight o’Clock”
And children’s smiles all turn to a frown.
14. MAN IN THE MOON
There once was a man in the moon
Who came down just a few days too soon.
He went by the south
Where he burned his mouth
And popped his favorite balloon.
15. IT’S RAINING IT’S POURING
It’s raining and now it is pouring
Meanwhile the old man is still snoring.
When he went to bed
He bumped his head
And couldn’t get up in the morning.
16. OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
There once was an Old Mother Hubbard
Who went to her wood kitchen wood cupboard.
But when she came there
Here cabinet was bare
And her poor boneless dog just blubbered.
17. A GIRL WITH A CURL
A girl with a curl in her forehead
Is passionate, if not quite torrid.
When she did what she should
She was certainly good
But when she was bad, she was horrid!
18. 3 MEN IN A TUB
There once were three men in a tub
Who repeated the “Rub-a-Dub Dub.”
The butcher and baker
And candlestick maker
Had all met at a neighborhood pub.
19. PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater
Had a wife but couldn’t keep her.
Lived in a pumpkin shell
He kept her very well
And remembered to feed the meter.
20. GEORGEY, PORGEY
Georgey, Porgey, pudding and pie
Kissed the girls and made them cry.
When girls came out to play
Poor Georgey ran away
And he left them all high and dry.
21. CAT AND THE FIDDLE
There once was a cat with a fiddle
Who harmonized on a hey diddle-diddle.
Cow jumped over the Moon
And the plate and the spoon
Ran away from start to the middle.
22. TRACK AND THE TRAIN
”Behold,” said the track to the train,
”Can you tell if it’s looking like rain?
I can’t see the sun
Which is really no fun
And it makes me want to complain.”
23. LITTLE JACK JELF
Little Jack Jelf was put up on the shelf
To improve and to better himself.
He could not spell “pie”
So his aunt cried “Oh, fie!
I may as well trade you for an elf.”
24. ELSIE MARLEY
Elsie Marley, who is growing so fine
Will not get up to feed the swine.
Some say she’s lazy
The pigs think she’s crazy
But she lies in bed ‘til eight or nine.”
24. MAN IN THE MOON
The man in the Moon looked out of the moon
And released a trial balloon.
“All you children on earth
From 14 to birth
You think about getting to bed soon.”
25. DICKORY-DICKORY DARE
Dickory, dickory, dare
The pig flew straight up in the air.
The man in brown
Soon brought him down
With a slingshot he aimed with great care.
26. CROOKED MAN
The crooked man walked a crooked mile
Found a crooked sixpence against a stile.
With a cat and a mouse
In a crooked small house
They lived together for a short while.
27. HICKETY-PICKETY, MY FINE HEN
Hickety, pickety, my fine hen
Lays eggs for all of the gentlement.
They come every day
To see what she doth lay
Sometimes nine and even sometimes ten.
28. NEAT LITTLE CLOCK
A neat little clock in the schoolroom stands
Points to time with its two little hands.
Its face is clean and bright
And it’s hands always right
And it’s domain is all of the lands.
29. PAT-A-CAKE, PAT-A-CAKE
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man,
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Roll it and pat it
With icing just splat it
And give a piece to your favorite fan.
30. MOTHER GOOSE AND FATHER TIME
Mother Goose, talking with Father Time,
Was perplexed at the size of the crime.
If we clip the Bushes
With judicial pushes
We can swallow the sweet with a lime
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