Nursery Rhymes: Lyrics and Rhyming Stories
It's rhyme time! Find the words to all your favorites, from Mary Mary Quite Contrary to Little Miss Muffet, plus nursery rhyme stories where your child chooses what happens next.
Three Blind Mice's Big Feast
Hey Diddle Diddle's Big Night
Old MacDonald's Big Day
Little Bo Peep's Big Search
Little Miss Muffet
Humpty Dumpty's Big Fix
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Wee Willie Winkie
Five Little Ducks
Ants Go Marching
Solomon Grundy
There Was a Crooked Man
Hot Cross Buns
Five Little Speckled Frogs
Georgie Porgie
The Farmer in the Dell
Ring Around the Rosie
This Little Piggy
Star Light, Star Bright
Ding Dong Bell
Peter Piper
Old Mother Hubbard
It's Raining, It's Pouring
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Jack Sprat
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
Rain Rain Go Away
This Old Man
Pop Goes the Weasel
Old King Cole
The Muffin Man
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Jack be Nimble
Hey Diddle Diddle
Bingo
Little Miss Muffet
Hickory Dickory Dock
I'm a Little Teapot
Ten Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed
Little Jack Horner
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Pat a Cake, Pat a Cake
Humpty Dumpty
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Jack and Jill
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Polly Put The Kettle On
Little Bo Peep
Three Blind Mice
London Bridge is Falling Down
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
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About Nursery Rhymes Stories
Nursery rhymes, two ways
Every classic rhyme here has its own page with the words set out line by line, plus the story of where it came from. Alongside them are our our interactive rhyming stories: retellings where your child picks what happens next. In Humpty Dumpty's Big Fix, they decide how to put him back together. In Hey Diddle Diddle's Big Night, they find out how the cow ended up over the moon.
Where do nursery rhymes come from?
Most are hundreds of years old. They were sung and passed down long before anyone wrote them down, and the first big printed collections appeared in the 1700s, in books like Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book and Mother Goose's Melody. Many changed a little with every generation that sang them, which is why you'll often find more than one version of the words.
Do nursery rhymes have hidden meanings?
Some people think so, but most of the famous theories don't hold up. Ring Around the Rosie is often said to be about the plague, but that idea didn't appear until the twentieth century, long after the rhyme itself, and most folklorists think it's a myth. And the rhyme never actually says Humpty Dumpty is an egg. It began as a riddle, and "an egg" was the answer. Each rhyme's own page covers what we know about its meaning.
Frequently asked questions
What are interactive rhyming stories?
Some of the most loved are Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Humpty Dumpty, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Itsy Bitsy Spider and Mary Had a Little Lamb.
Are the nursery rhymes free?
Yes. Every lyrics page is free to read. The interactive nursery rhyme stories have a free preview, and a membership opens up the whole story, with a 7-day free trial.
What are interactive nursery rhyme stories?
New stories built on the old rhymes. They pause at the big moments and ask your child what happens next, and every one is illustrated and read aloud.
What age are nursery rhymes for?
Toddlers love the rhythm and repetition of the classic rhymes. Our interactive retellings are made for ages 3 to 7+.
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