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Nursery Rhymes Lyrics, Origins and History The history and origins of most nursery rhymes reflect events in history and where available we have included both the meanings, history and origins of everyone's favourite nursery rhymes. Two examples of these types of nursery rhymes history and origins are 'Ring a Ring o Rosies' which refers to the Bubonic plague and 'Remember Remember' nursery rhymes which allude to Guy Fawkes' foiled attempt to blow up the English Houses of Parliament! Many of the words and nursery rhymes lyrics were used to parody the royal and political events of the day, direct dissent would often be punishable by death! Strange how these events in history are still portrayed through children's nursery rhymes, when for most of us the historical events relationship to the nursery rhymes themselves are long forgotten! Help us to maintain our history and heritage through the words and lyrics of old Nursery Rhymes online. Secret Rhyme Origins
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John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt London Bridge is Falling down The Sandman Aiken Drum The Big Ship Sails on the Ally-Ally-oh A Wise Old Owl Nursery Rhyme An Apple a Day lyrics As I was Going to St. Ives lyrics Baa Baa Black Sheep rhyme Christmas is Coming Cry Baby Buntin lyrics Diddle Diddle Dumpling Ding Dong Bell ryme Doctor Foster lyrics For Want of a Nail rhyme Georgie Porgie Nursery rhyme Goosey Goosey Gander lyrics Grand Old Duke of York Hark hark the Dogs do Bark Here is the Church rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle lyrics Hickory Dickory Dock lyrics Horsey Horsey Rhyme Hot Cross Buns rhyme Humpty Dumpty story Hush-a-bye Baby Itsy Bitsy Spider lyrics Jack and Jill went up the Hill lyrics Jack be Nimble rhyme Jack Sprat Ladybug Ladybug rhyme Little Bo-Peep rhyme Little Boy Blue rhyme Little Hen Nursery Rhyme Little Jack Horner lyrics Little Miss Muffet rhyme Little Robin Red breast Little Tommy Tucker rhyme Mary had a Little Lamb lyrics Mary Mary Quite Contrary Mondays Child rhyme Old King Cole lyrics Old Mother Hubbard London Bells Nursery Rhyme		London Bridge is Broken down Lucy Lockett One Two Buckle my Shoe One Two Three Four Five Oranges and Lemons Nursery Rhyme Pease Pudding Hot Rhyme Pat a Cake Pat a Cake Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater Polly put the Kettle on Rhyme Pop goes the Weasel Pussycat, Pussycat rhyme Rain Rain go Away Red Sky at Night lyrics Remember Remember Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross Ring around the Rosy lyrics Rock a Bye Baby rhyme See Saw Marjory Daw rhyme Simple Simon lyrics Sing a Song of Sixpence rhyme Star Light Star Bright lyrics Three Blind Mice Rhyme Three Little Kitten lyrics The Cat, the Rat & Lovell the dog The Elephant Rhyme The Lion and the Unicorn rhyme The North Wind doth Blow The Owl and the Pussycat The Queen of Hearts There was a Crooked Man There was an Old Lady lyrics There was an Old Woman Thirty Days hath September rhyme This is the House that Jack built This Little Piggy lyrics Tom Tom the Pipers son Twinkle Twinkle Little Star rhyme Two Little Dicky Birds rhyme Wee Willie Winkie rhyme What are Little Boys made of lyrics Who Killed Cock Robin lyrics When Adam delved, and Eve span
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Nursery Rhymes & Origins Most children love being told nursery rhymes. The most popular nursery rhymes are listed here with their origins - perhaps nursery rhymes bring back fond memories of your childhood! Can you remember the tunes to the nursery rhymes? The most popular nursery rhymes are Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, Sing a song of sixpence and last but not least Hey diddle diddle! these examples of nursery rhymes have been passed down generation to generation up to thirty times! It's no wonder the historical origins of Nursery Rhymes have become obscure as even though the nursery rhymes lyrics may have changed only slightly over so many re-tellings the English language itself has changed over the last six hundred years as anyone reading Shakespeare for the first time could not fail to notice!
As I was born and bred in London my favourite nursery rhymes are London Bells and its counterpart 'Oranges and Lemons' which recreate the sound of the chimes of many old churches once in London, however now I know the origins of the lyrics for this nursery rhyme the true rhyme meaning and origins of the last sentences are even more sinister than I had imagined as a child. The other is 'Pussycat Pussycat' - every child's dream must once have been 'to go up to London to visit the Queen'. Believe it or not the origins and history of the nursery rhyme 'Hey Diddle Diddle' are fully known and if you want to know what a runcible spoon is - check out the 'Owl and the Pussycat' for the origins and definition of Nursery Rhymes... Knowledge of English History and the English language undoubtedly assisted in the analysis of the lyrics and origins of these nursery rhymes, however we can normally offer little definitive proof other than author names and earliest traceable publication dates of the nursery rhymes.
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