Lords of the Nursery
Wait in a row,
Five on the high wall,
And four on the low;
Big Kings and Little Kings,

John had
Great Big
Waterproof
Boots on;
John had a

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,

I went down to the shouting sea,
Taking Christopher down with me,
For Nurse had given us sixpence e
And down we went to the beach.
We had sand in the eyes and the ea

When the sun
Shines through the leaves of the a
When the sun
Makes shadows of the leaves of the
Then I pass

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

If people ask me,
I always tell them:
“Quite well, thank you, I’m very
If people ask me,
I always answer,

They’re changing guard at Bucking
Christopher Robin went down with
Alice is marrying one of the guard
“A soldier’s life is terrible hard
Says Alice.

I met a Man as I went walking:
We got talking,
Man and I.
‘Where are you going to, Man?’ I
(I said to the Man as he went by)

Where the water-lilies go
To and fro,
Rocking in the ripples of the wate
Lazy on a leaf lies the Lake King
And the faint winds shake her.