The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory, Dickory, Dock! Photograph: Corbis
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Little Miss Muffet by Arthur Rackham Photograph: Blue Lantern Studio/Corbis
Like a teddy bear;
One step, two step,
Tickle you under there!
Nursery Rhymes: ca. 1885, Frontispiece from Kate Greenaway's Marigold Garden Photograph: Corbis
Climbed up the spout,
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out,
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain,
And Incey Wincey Spider
Climbed up the spout again. Photograph: Biswaranjan Rout/AP
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir;
Three bags full:
One for the master,
And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane. Photograph: Public Domain
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
An illustration from Nursery Land ABC, published by Raphael Tuck Photograph: Blue Lantern Studio/Corbis
He had ten thousand men,
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again.
And when they were up, they were up,
And when they were down, they were down,
And when they were only halfway up,
They were neither up nor down. Photograph: Public Domain
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky;
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are. Photograph: Getty
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again. Photograph: Blue Lantern Studio/Corbis
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you're happy and you know it
and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. Photograph: Rex Features
