Nursery Rhymes

Home Preschool Curriculum
Developed by: Community Collaboration for Four Year Olds
School District of La Crosse

Butcher, Baker, and Candlestickmaker

Rub a dub dub,
Three men in a tub;
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the backer,
The candlestickmaker;
Turn 'em out, knaves all three!

Eye Winker

Eye winker,
(Point to eyes.)
Tom Tinker,
(Point to ears.)
Nose smeller,
(Point to nose.)
Mouth eater,
(Point to mouth)
Chin Chopper,
(Point to chin)
Chin chopper,
Chin chopper,
Chin chopper, chin.

Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey, diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,

The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed
To see such a sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!

Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill

Went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down,
And broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

Jack Be Nimble

Jack be nimble,

Jack be quick,
Jack jump over
The candlestick.

Jack Frost

Look out! Look out!
Jack Frost is about!
He's after our fingers and toes;
And all through the night,
The gay little sprite
Is working where nobody knows.

He'll climb each tree,
So nimble is he.
His silvery powder he'll shake;
To windows he'll creep,
And while we're asleep,
Such wonderful pictures he'll make.

Across the grass
He'll merrily pass,
And change all its greenness to white.
Then home he will go;
And laugh, "Ho! Ho! Ho!
What fun I have had in the night!"

Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Sheep

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep,

And can't tell where to find them.
Leave them alone, and they'll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where's the little boy that tends the sheep?
He's under the haystack fast asleep.

Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet,

Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away!

Old Mother Hubbard

Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To fetch her poor dog a bone;
But when she came there
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none.

She took a clean dish
To get him some tripe;
But when she came back
He was smoking a pipe.
She went to the grocer's
To buy him some fruit;
But when she came back
He was playing the flute.

She went to the baker's
To buy him some bread;
But when she came back
The poor dog was dead.

She went to the undertaker's
To buy him a coffin;
But when she came back
The poor dog was laughing.

She went to the hatter's
To buy him a hat;
But when she came back
He was feeding the cat.

The dame made a curtsey,
The dog made a bow;
The dame said, "Your servant."
The dog said, "Bow wow!"