Doctor Foster
Went to Gloucester
In a shower of rain.
He stepped in a puddle
Right up to his middle
And never went there again!
In the rhyme, Dr Foster went to Gloucester.
The pussycat in the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle" went to London to visit the Queen.
Marjorie Daw went by The Girl with the Nursery Rhyme Name.
That would be A-Hunting We Will Go.A-Hunting we will go, a-hunting we will go.Heigh-ho a dairy-o, a hunting we will go!A-hunting we will go, a hunting we will go.We'll catch a fox and put 'em in a box, and then we'll let him go.
Rain Rain Go Away is a nursery rhyme for children. The lyrics are: 'Rain rain go away, please come back another day'.
it was originaly sung by prisoners at Wakefield prison as they exercised around a mulberry tree
The nursery rhyme you are referring to is "The Land of Counterpane" by Robert Louis Stevenson. In the poem, the child has many miles to go in his dreams while lying in bed, as he imagines traveling on vast lands and seas. The poem conveys the power of imagination and the boundless possibilities it can create even within the confines of a bedroom.
"Rock a by baby" is a famous nursery rhyme that mothers have sung or quoted to their children for many years. There are many versions of the rhyme that was first printed in Mother goose's Melody. The version of the nursery rhyme that is most frequently quoted is as follows: "Rock a by baby in the tree top. When the wind blows, the cradle will rock. When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall and down will fall baby, cradle and all." I have heard many mothers change these words to say and "mother will catch you, cradle and all". This later version is more assuring to both the baby and the mother.
The origin is a nursery rhyme from the period of Elizabeth the first (1533 - 1603). It is also a poem with many variations
The phrase "3 men in a tub" is from the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-dub-dub." It's about three men in a tub who go out to sea and encounter various mishaps. The origins and meaning of the rhyme are unclear, but it's a popular children's song.
The full nursery rhyme goes: "Rain, rain, go away, come again another day. Little Johnny wants to play, rain, rain, go away." The line about the old man snoring usually appears in a different nursery rhyme called "It's Raining, It's Pouring."
Star light, star bright,The first star I see tonight;I wish I may, I wish I might,Have the wish I wish tonight