Chapter I: Like Little Pussy, 170

I like little Pussy, 170

I'll tell you a story, 48

I'LL TRY, 210

I'm a pretty little thing, 134

In flow'ry Japan, the home of the fan, 116

In go-cart so tiny, 115

In little Annie's garden, 134

In marble walls as white as milk, 93

INSCRIPTION FOR MY LITTLE SON'S SILVER PLATE, 205

In summer I am very glad, 119

Intery, mintery, cutery-corn, 114

IN TRUST, 215

"I," said the duck. "I call it fun", 131

I saw a ship a-sailing, 62

I see a nest in a green elm-tree, 126

It is very nice to think, 205

It's coming, boys, 215

It was a merry time, 67

I went to the wood and got it, 95

1. I went up one pair of stairs, 60

JACK HORNER, 40

Jack Homer was a pretty lad, 40

Jack and Jill went up the hill, 41

Jack Sprat could eat no fat, 78

January brings the snow, 125

John Ball shot them all, 89

KEEPING STORE, 119

KINDNESS TO ANIMALS, 207

Lady-bird, lady-bird, fly away home, 29

LADY MOON, 222

Lady moon, lady moon, 222

LEARNING TO PLAY, 215

Little baby, lay your head, 227

Little Bo-Peep, she lost her sheep, 81

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, 42

Little children, never give, 207

Little drop of dew, 129

LITTLE JACK FROST, 152

Little Jack Frost went up the hill, 152

"Little maid, pretty maid, whither goest thou?" 78

Little Miss Muffet, 42

Little Nan Etticoat, 94

Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree, 33

Little Tom Tucker, 41

"_Lock the dairy door!_" Oh, hark, the cock is crowing proudly! 177

Long legs, crooked thighs, 94

LOST, 177

Lucy Locket lost her pocket, 42

LULLABY, 232

March winds and April showers, 102

Mary had a pretty bird, 29

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, 43

MEADOW TALK, 139

Merry are the bells, and merry would they ring, 7

MINNIE AND WINNIE, 236

Minnie and Winnie, 236

Monday's child is fair of face, 106

My dear, do you know, 75

My house is red--a little house, 121

My Lady Wind, my Lady Wind, 106

My maid Mary, 43

My mother she's so good to me, 238

MY SHIP AND I, 115

Nine grenadiers, with bayonets in their guns, 180

No, little worm, you need not slip, 143

Now, Lamb, no longer naughty be, 167

NURSERY HEROES AND HEROINES, 39

NURSERY NONSENSE, 47

NURSERY NOVELS, 67

NURSERY SONG, 228

O come to the garden, dear brother, and see, 154

Oh, who is so merry, 200

O it's I that am the captain of a tidy little ship, 115

Old King Cole, 44

Old Mother Goose, when, 47

O mother, mother! I'm so cold, 163

Once a little Baby, 219

ONE AND ONE, 120

One misty, moisty morning, 58

ONE, TWO, 6

One, two, 6

On yonder hill there stands a tree, 88

OUR MOTHER, 239

O winds that blow across the sea, 130

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man! 4

Pat it, kiss it, 4

Pease porridge hot, 4

Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, 78

Peter White will ne'er go right, 53

PLAYGROUNDS, 119

PRAISE GOD, 206

Praise God for wheat, so white and sweet, 206

Pretty Moo-cow, will you tell, 161

Pussicat, wussicat, with a white foot, 49

Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, 32

Pussy has a whiskered face, 168

Pussy sits beside the fire, 31

PUSSY WILLOW, 135

Pussy Willow wakened, 135

QUEEN MAB, 237

RAIN, 132

Rainbow at night, 103

RAIN IN SPRING, 133

RHYMES ABOUT A LITTLE WOMAN, 24

Riddle me, riddle me, riddle me ree, 93

Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross, 21

Right up into Bossy's eyes, 161

Ring the bell, 4

Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green, 15

Said a Snake to a Frog with a wrinkled skin, 176

Said Robin to his pretty mate, 145

Said the Table to the Chair, 197

Said this little fairy, 9

See-saw sacradown, 22

Seldom "can't," 210

Seven sweet singing birds up in a tree, 179

Shoe the horse, and shoe the mare, 5

Simple Simon met a pieman, 41

Sing a song of sixpence, 80

Six little mice sat down to spin, 32

Sleep, baby, sleep! 16

SNAKE STORY, 174

SNOW, 154

SNOWDROPS, 137

Solomon Grundy, 50

Some things go to sleep in such a funny way, 230

So soft and gentle falls the rain, 133

SPRING QUESTIONS, 136

STITCHING, 214

SUN AND RAIN, 133

Suppose the little cowslip, 208

Ten snowy white pigeons are standing in line, 10

THE BABY'S BIRTHDAY, 112

THE BARNYARD, 10

The bee is a rover, 150

THE BROWN THRUSH, 146

THE CITY MOUSE AND THE GARDEN MOUSE, 145

The city mouse lives in a house, 145

THE CHILD AND THE WORLD, 126

THE CHILD'S STAR, 224

THE CLUCKING HEN, 162

THE COW, 159

THE COW, 161

THE DARLING BIRDS, 166

The darling birds are warm, 166

THE DAISY, 134

THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN, 73

THE DIFFERENCE, 8

THE DREAM OF A BOY WHO LIVED AT NINE-ELMS, 180

THE DREAM OF A GIRL WHO LIVED AT SEVEN-OAKS, 179

THE EYES OF GOD, 206

THE FAIRY, 200

THE FASTIDIOUS SERPENT, 173

THE FEAST OF THE DOLL, 116

THE FIVE LITTLE FAIRIES, 9

The friendly cow all red and white, 159

THE FUNNIEST THING IN THE WORLD, 165

The funniest thing in the world, I know, 165

THE GARDEN YEAR, 125

THE GOOD MOLLY COW, 159

THE GRAVEL PATH, 128

The ground was all covered with snow one day, 153

THE HAPPY WORLD, 150

The King of France, and four thousand men, 55

THE LAMB, 167

The lion and the unicorn, 49

THE LITTLE DOVES, 147

The little priest of Felton, 78

The man in the moon, 53

The man in the wilderness asked me, 59

THE MELANCHOLY PIG, 176

THE NEW MOON, 221

The north wind doth blow, 30

THE ORPHAN'S SONG, 165

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SKY, 149

THE OWL AND THE EEL AND THE WARMING-PAN, 173

The owl and the eel and the warming-pan, 173

THE PALACE BED-TIME, 219

THE PALACE GARDEN, 125

THE PALACE JEST-BOOK, 173

THE PALACE PETS, 159

THE PALACE PLAYTIME, 111

THE PIGEONS, 10

THE QUEEN-MOTHER'S COUNSEL, 205

The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, 76

THE RABBITS, 54

The rain is raining all around, 132

THE ROBIN TO HIS MATE, 145

THE SLEEPY SONG, 234

THE SNAIL, 143

The Snail he lives in his hard round house, 143

THE SNOW-BIRD'S SONG, 153

THE STAR, 223

The star that watched above your sleep has just put out his light, 224

THE STORY OF BABY'S BLANKET, 219

THE STORY OF BABY'S PILLOW, 220

THE SWEETEST PLACE, 226

THE TABLE AND THE CHAIR, 197

THE WIND'S SONG, 130

There is one that has a head without an eye, 97

THE WORM, 143

There was a butcher cut his thumb, 62

There was a crooked man, 49

There was a girl in our town, 95

There was a little man, 82

There was a little nobby colt, 29

There was a little Serpent and he wouldn't go to school, 174

There was a man in our town, 50

There was an old man, 58

There was an old woman went up in a basket, 44

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, 56

There was a Pig, that sat alone, 176

There was a snake that dwelt in Skye, 173

There were two birds sat on a stone, 56

There's a merry brown thrush sitting up in the tree, 146

These are the Eggs that were put in a nest, 220

They sent me to bed, dear, so dreadfully early, 117

They that wash on Monday, 103

Thirty days hath September, 103

Thirty white horses upon a red hill, 93

This is the house that Jack built, 84

This is the key of the kingdom, 87

This is the way the ladies ride, 24

This little pig went to market, 5

Three little kittens, they lost their mittens, 83

Three children sliding on the ice, 57

Three wise men of Gotham, 49

'Tis all the way to Toe-town, 5

To market, to market, 22

Tom, he was a piper's son 39

TREE ON THE HILL, 88

TWENTY FROGGIES, 142

Twenty froggies went to school, 142

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, 223

Two legs sat upon three legs, 96

Two little girls are better than one, 120

Two Robin Redbreasts built their nest, 210

Upon a great black horse-ily, 54

Upon a tall piano stool, 215

Warm, hands, warm, daddy's gone to plough, 4

WATCHING ANGELS, 219

We have bags and bags of whitest down, 119

What are little boys made of, made of? 51

What does little birdie say, 233

When good King Arthur ruled this land, 77

When I was a bachelor, 79

When Jacky's a very good boy, 102

When little Birdie bye-bye goes, 16

When Midget was a puppy, 168

When the Farmer's day is done, 10

When the wind is in the east, 104

When thou dost eat from off this plate, 205

WHERE DO ALL THE DAISIES GO, 225

Where do all the daisies go? 225

Which is the way to Baby-Land? 231

WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND? 129

Who has seen the wind? 129

Who killed Cock Robin? 73

WHO LIKES THE RAIN? 131

Who'll come and play with me here under the tree, 213

Will you take a walk with me, 162

You see, merry Phillis, that dear little maid, 114

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