Title | Other titles | Place of Origin | Date First Recorded |
'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' | | England | 1930 |
'Bingo' | | England | c. 1780 |
'Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea' | | England | 1805 |
'Bye, Baby Bunting' | | England | 1784 |
'Can you count the stars' | | Germany | 1837 |
'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 |
'Donkey, Donkey I Beg You' | | | |
'Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe' | | Britain or USA | 1888 |
'Eeper Weeper' | 'Heeper Peeper' | England | late 19th early 20th century |
'Five Little Ducks' |
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'Five Little Monkeys' |
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'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 |
'Green Grow The Rushes, O' | | England? |
'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', 'Insey Winsey Spider', 'Incy Wincy Spider' | USA | 1910 |
'Jack and Jill' | | England | c. 1765 |
'Jack-a-Nory' | | 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' | | 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 |
'Ten Fat Sausages' |
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'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' | Hush 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 |
'The moon has been arisen' | | Germany | 1779 |
'The Wheels on the Bus' | | USA | 1939 |
'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 | 1843 |
'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' | | France | 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' | | USA | 1889 |