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Lords of the Nursery Wait in a row, Five on the high wall, And four on the low; Big Kings and Little Kings,
A lion has a tail and a very fine… And so has an elephant, and so has… And so has a crocodile, and so has… They’ve all got tails but me. If I had sixpence I would buy one…
There once was a Dormouse who liv… Of delphiniums (blue) and geranium… And all the day long he’d a wonder… Of geraniums (red) and delphiniums… A Doctor came hurrying round, and…
Jonathan Jo Has a mouth like an 'O’ And a wheelbarrow full of surprise… If you ask for a bat, Or for something like that,
Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston… A fly can’t bird, but a bird can f… Ask me a riddle and I reply Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston… Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston…
A bear, however hard he tries, Grows tubby without exercise. Our Teddy Bear is short and fat, Which is not to be wondered at; He gets what exercise he can
There are lots and lots of people… Like Dates and Pounds-and-ounces… And the answer’s always Sixpence… And I know they’ll think me silly… So Pooh and I go whispering, and…
Tra-la-la, tra-la-la, Tra-la-la, tra-la-la, Rum-tum-tiddle-um-tum. Tiddle-id dle, tiddle-iddle, Tiddle-iddle, tiddle-iddle,
I often wish I were a King, And then I could do anything. If only I were King of Spain, I’d take my hat off in the rain. If only I were King of France,
In a corner of the bedroom is a gr… Someone lives behind it, but I do… I think it is a Brownie, but I’m… (Nanny isn’t certain, too.) I looked behind the curtain, but h…
If people ask me, I always tell them: “Quite well, thank you, I’m very… If people ask me, I always answer,
Where am I going? I don’t quite k… Down to the stream where the king—… Up on the hill where the pine—tree… Anywhere, anywhere. I don’t know. Where am I going? The clouds sail…
When I was One, I had just begun. When I was Two, I was nearly new. When I was Three,
John had Great Big Waterproof Boots on; John had a
Ernest was an elephant, a great bi… Leonard was a lion with a six foot… George was a goat, and his beard w… And James was a very small snail. Leonard had a stall, and a great b…