The Real Mother Goose
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Little Bo-Peep Little Boy Blue Rain The Clock Winter Fingers and Toes A Seasonable Song Dame Trot and Her Cat Three Children on the Ice Cross Patch The Old Woman Under a Hill Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee Oh Dear! Old Mother Goose Little Jumping Joan Pat-a-Cake Money and the Mare Robin Redbreast A Melancholy Song Jack Going to St. Ives Thirty Days Hath September Baby Dolly Bees Come Out to Play If Wishes Were Horses To…
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- AuthorUnknown
- SourceProject Gutenberg #10607
- Length15,077 words · 1h 00m of reading
- Chapters299
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
299 chapters
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- 01A LIST OF THE RHYMES
- 02LITTLE BO-PEEP
- 03LITTLE BOY BLUE
- 04RAIN
- 05THE CLOCK
- 06WINTER
- 07FINGERS AND TOES
- 08A SEASONABLE SONG
- 09DAME TROT AND HER CAT
- 10THREE CHILDREN ON THE ICE
- 11CROSS PATCH
- 12THE OLD WOMAN UNDER A HILL
- 13TWEEDLE-DUM AND TWEEDLE-DEE
- 14OLD MOTHER GOOSE
- 15LITTLE JUMPING JOAN
- 16PAT-A-CAKE
- 17MONEY AND THE MARE
- 18ROBIN REDBREAST
- 19A MELANCHOLY SONG
- 20JACK
- 21GOING TO ST. IVES
- 22THIRTY DAYS HATH SEPTEMBER
- 23BABY DOLLY
- 24BEES
- 25COME OUT TO PLAY
- 26IF WISHES WERE HORSES
- 27TO MARKET
- 28OLD CHAIRS TO MEND
- 29ROBIN AND RICHARD
- 30A MAN AND A MAID
- 31HERE GOES MY LORD
- 32THE CLEVER HEN
- 33TWO BIRDS
- 34LEG OVER LEG
- 35LUCY LOCKET
- 36WHEN JENNY WREN WAS YOUNG
- 37BARBER
- 38THE FLYING PIG
- 39SOLOMON GRUNDY
- 40HUSH-A-BYE
- 41BURNIE BEE
- 42THREE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM
- 43THE HUNTER OF REIGATE
- 44LITTLE POLLY FLINDERS
- 45RIDE AWAY, RIDE AWAY
- 46PIPPEN HILL
- 47PUSSY-CAT AND QUEEN
- 48THE WINDS
- 49CLAP HANDIES
- 50CHRISTMAS
- 51ELIZABETH
- 52JUST LIKE ME
- 53PLAY DAYS
- 54HEIGH-HO, THE CARRION CROW
- 55ABC
- 56A NEEDLE AND THREAD
- 57BANBURY CROSS
- 58THE MAN IN OUR TOWN
- 59GEORGY PORGY
- 60FOR EVERY EVIL
- 61CUSHY COW
- 62WEE WILLIE WINKIE
- 63ABOUT THE BUSH
- 64SEE-SAW
- 65ROBIN-A-BOBBIN
- 66JOHN SMITH
- 67SIMPLE SIMON
- 68THREE BLIND MICE
- 69FIVE TOES
- 70A LITTLE MAN
- 71DOCTOR FOSTER
- 72DIDDLE DIDDLE DUMPLING
- 73JERRY HALL
- 74LENGTHENING DAYS
- 75THE BLACK HEN
- 76THE MIST
- 77A CANDLE
- 78MISS MUFFET
- 79CURLY-LOCKS
- 80HUMPTY DUMPTY
- 81ONE, TWO, THREE
- 82THE DOVE AND THE WREN
- 83MASTER I HAVE
- 84PINS
- 85GOOSEY, GOOSEY, GANDER
- 86OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
- 87THE COCK AND THE HEN
- 88BLUE BELL BOY
- 89JACK JELF
- 90JACK SPRAT
- 91HUSH-A-BYE
- 92DAFFODILS
- 93THE GIRL IN THE LANE
- 94HUSH-A-BYE
- 95NANCY DAWSON
- 96HANDY PANDY
- 97JACK AND JILL
- 98THE ALPHABET
- 99DANCE TO YOUR DADDIE
- 100ONE MISTY MOISTY MORNING
- 101ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN
- 102RAIN
- 103THE OLD WOMAN FROM FRANCE
- 104TEETH AND GUMS
- 105THE ROBINS
- 106THE OLD MAN
- 107T'OTHER LITTLE TUNE
- 108MY KITTEN
- 109IF ALL THE SEAS WERE ONE SEA
- 110PANCAKE DAY
- 111A PLUM PUDDING
- 112FOREHEAD, EYES, CHEEKS, NOSE, MOUTH, AND CHIN
- 113TWO PIGEONS
- 114A SURE TEST
- 115LOCK AND KEY
- 116THE LION AND THE UNICORN
- 117THE MERCHANTS OF LONDON
- 118I HAD A LITTLE HUSBAND
- 119TO BABYLON
- 120I'LL TELL YOU A STORY
- 121A STRANGE OLD WOMAN
- 122SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP
- 123CRY, BABY
- 124BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP
- 125LITTLE FRED
- 126THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE
- 127DOCTOR FELL
- 128A COUNTING-OUT RHYME
- 129JACK AND HIS FIDDLE
- 130BUTTONS
- 131HOT BOILED BEANS
- 132LITTLE PUSSY
- 133SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE
- 134TOMMY TITTLEMOUSE
- 135THE DERBY RAM
- 136THE HOBBY-HORSE
- 137THE MULBERRY BUSH
- 138YOUNG LAMBS TO SELL
- 139BOY AND THE SPARROW
- 140OLD WOMAN, OLD WOMAN
- 141THE FIRST OF MAY
- 142SULKY SUE
- 143THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
- 144SATURDAY, SUNDAY
- 145LITTLE JENNY WREN
- 146THE OLD WOMAN AND THE PEDLAR
- 147BOBBY SNOOKS
- 148THE LITTLE MOPPET
- 149I SAW A SHIP A-SAILING
- 150A WALNUT
- 151THE MAN IN THE MOON
- 152ONE, HE LOVES
- 153BAT, BAT
- 154THE HART
- 155MY LOVE
- 156THE MAN OF BOMBAY
- 157A SIEVE
- 158MY MAID MARY
- 159A DIFFICULT RHYME
- 160PRETTY JOHN WATTS
- 161GOOD ADVICE
- 162I LOVE SIXPENCE
- 163BYE, BABY BUNTING
- 164TOM, TOM, THE PIPER'S SON
- 165COMICAL FOLK
- 166COCK-CROW
- 167TOMMY SNOOKS
- 168THE THREE SONS
- 169THE BLACKSMITH
- 170TWO GRAY KITS
- 171ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE
- 172PAIRS OR PEARS
- 173BELLEISLE
- 174OLD KING COLE
- 175SEE, SEE
- 176DAPPLE-GRAY
- 177A WELL
- 178COFFEE AND TEA
- 179PUSSY-CAT MEW
- 180THE LITTLE GIRL WITH A CURL
- 181DREAMS
- 182A COCK AND BULL STORY
- 183FOR BABY
- 184MYSELF
- 185OVER THE WATER
- 186CANDLE-SAVING
- 187FEARS AND TEARS
- 188THE KILKENNY CATS
- 189OLD GRIMES
- 190A WEEK OF BIRTHDAYS
- 191A CHIMNEY
- 192LADYBIRD
- 193THE MAN WHO HAD NAUGHT
- 194THE TAILORS AND THE SNAIL
- 195AROUND THE GREEN GRAVEL
- 196INTERY, MINTERY
- 197CAESAR'S SONG
- 198AS I WAS GOING ALONG
- 199HECTOR PROTECTOR
- 200BILLY, BILLY
- 201ROCK-A-BYE, BABY
- 202THE MAN IN THE WILDERNESS
- 203LITTLE JACK HORNER
- 204THE BIRD SCARER
- 205MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY
- 206BESSY BELL AND MARY GRAY
- 207NEEDLES AND PINS
- 208PUSSY-CAT AND THE DUMPLINGS
- 209DANCE, THUMBKIN DANCE
- 210MARY'S CANARY
- 211THE LITTLE BIRD
- 212BIRDS OF A FEATHER
- 213THE DUSTY MILLER
- 214A STAR
- 215THE GREEDY MAN
- 216THE TEN O'CLOCK SCHOLAR
- 217COCK-A-DOODLE-DO
- 218AN ICICLE
- 219A SHIP'S NAIL
- 220THE OLD WOMAN OF LEEDS
- 221THE BOY IN THE BARN
- 222SUNSHINE
- 223WILLY, WILLY
- 224TONGS
- 225JACK JINGLE
- 226THE QUARREL
- 227THE PUMPKIN-EATER
- 228SHOEING
- 229BETTY BLUE
- 230THAT'S ALL
- 231BEDTIME
- 232DANCE, LITTLE BABY
- 233MY LITTLE MAID
- 234FOR WANT OF A NAIL
- 235PEASE PORRIDGE
- 236RING A RING O' ROSES
- 237THE CROOKED SIXPENCE
- 238THIS IS THE WAY
- 239DUCKS AND DRAKES
- 240THE DONKEY
- 241IF
- 242THE BELLS
- 243LITTLE GIRL AND QUEEN
- 244THE KING OF FRANCE
- 245PETER PIPER
- 246ONE TO TEN
- 247AN EQUAL
- 248THE TARTS
- 249COME, LET'S TO BED
- 250LITTLE MAID
- 251BANDY LEGS
- 252THE GIRL AND THE BIRDS
- 253A PIG
- 254JENNY WREN
- 255LITTLE TOM TUCKER
- 256WHERE ARE YOU GOING, MY PRETTY MAID
- 257THE OLD WOMAN OF GLOUCESTER
- 258MULTIPLICATION IS VEXATION
- 259LITTLE KING BOGGEN
- 260WHISTLE
- 261BELL HORSES
- 262TAFFY
- 263THE ROBIN
- 264THE OLD WOMAN OF HARROW
- 265YOUNG ROGER AND DOLLY
- 266THE PIPER AND HIS COW
- 267THE MAN OF DERBY
- 268THE COACHMAN
- 269THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN
- 270A THORN
- 271THE OLD WOMAN OF SURREY
- 272THE LITTLE MOUSE
- 273BOY AND GIRL
- 274WHEN
- 275SING, SING
- 276LONDON BRIDGE
- 277MARCH WINDS
- 278THE BALLOON
- 279A CHERRY
- 280THE LOST SHOE
- 281HOT CODLINS
- 282SWAN
- 283THREE STRAWS
- 284THE MAN OF TOBAGO
- 285DING, DONG, BELL
- 286A SUNSHINY SHOWER
- 287THE FARMER AND THE RAVEN
- 288CHRISTMAS
- 289WILLY BOY
- 290POLLY AND SUKEY
- 291THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK ROBIN
- 292THE MOUSE AND THE CLOCK
- 293HOT-CROSS BUNS
- 294BOBBY SHAFTOE
- 295THE BUNCH OF BLUE RIBBONS
- 296THE WOMAN OF EXETER
- 297SNEEZING
- 298PUSSY-CAT BY THE FIRE
- 299WHEN THE SNOW IS ON THE GROUND
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