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Nursery rhymes & lullabys (16 pages found in this category)

Nursery rhyme in the form of a puzzle, to which the correct answer is open to debate.

English nursery rhyme the earliest known version of which appears in 1784, perhaps referring to a tax on wool introduced in 1275.

Best-known nonsense verse in the English language, which gave rise to the phrase "over the moon".

English nursery rhyme the earliest known version of which appears in 1784, probably a counting rhyme.

One of the best-known English nursery rhymes, about an egg, and almost certainly intended as a riddle.

Perhaps the best-known English lullaby, the earliest known version of which was published in about 1765.

English nursery rhyme, the earliest known version of which was published in about 1765.

English nursery rhyme first recorded in the form we know it today in 1670.

English nursery rhyme that may be about Queen Mary I.

Nursery rhyme supposed to foretell a child's character or future from their day of birth.