There was a crooked man
There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile.
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile.
He had a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
Rub-a-dub-dub
Rub-a-dub-dub
Three men in a tub;
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker;
They all jumped out of a rotten potato,
Turn ’em out, knaves all three!
See-saw, Margery Daw
See-saw, Margery Daw,
Jacky shall have a new master;
Jacky shall have but a penny a day
Because he can’t work any faster.
The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts,
She made some tarts,
All on a summer’s day;
The Knave of hearts,
He stole those tarts,
And took them clean away.
The King of Hearts
Called for the tarts,
And beat the knave full sore;
The Knave of hearts
Brought back the tarts,
And vowed he’d steal no more.
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
Had a wife and couldn’t keep her.
He put her in a pumpkin shell
And there he kept her, very well.
Peter, Peter pumpkin eater,
Had another and didn’t love her;
Peter learned to read and spell,
And then he loved her very well.
Old King Cole
Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he;
He called for his pipe,
and he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.
Every fiddler he had a fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he;
Oh there’s none so rare,
As can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.
The grand old Duke of York
Oh, the grand old Duke of York,
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 half way up,
They were neither up nor down.
Oh dear what can the matter be?
Oh dear what can the matter be?
Dear dear what can the matter be?
Oh dear what can the matter be?
Johnny’s so long at the fair.
He promised he’d buy me a fairing should please me,
And then for a kiss, oh! He vowed he would tease me,
He promised he’d bring me a bunch of blue ribbons
To tie up my bonny brown hair.
Oh dear what can the matter be?
Dear, dear what can the matter be?
Oh dear what can the matter be?
Johnny’s so long at the fair.
He promised to buy me a pair of sleeve buttons,
A pair of new garters that cost him but two pence,
He promised he’d bring me a bunch of blue ribbons
To tie up my bonny brown hair. Oh dear what can the matter be?
Oh dear what can the matter be?
Dear dear what can the matter be?
Oh dear what can the matter be?
Johnny’s so long at the fair.
He promised he’d bring me a basket of posies,
A garland of lilies, a garland of roses,
A little straw hat, to set off the blue ribbons
That tie up my bonny brown hair.
