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Mama's Gonna Buy You a Mockingbird
Hush, little baby, don't say a word,
Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird.
If that mockingbird don't sing,
Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring turns to brass,
Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass.
If that looking glass gets broke,
Mama's gonna buy you a billy-goat.
If that billy-goat won't pull,
Mama's gonna buy you a cart and bull.
If that cart and bull turns over,
Mama's gonna buy you a dog named Rover.
If that dog named Rover won't bark,
Mama's gonna buy you a horse and cart.
If that horse and cart falls down,
You'll still be the sweetest little baby in town.
*Note that "mama" can be replaced with "papa."
Tom thumb is not a nursery rhyme but a fairy tale
Tom thumb is not a nursery rhyme but a fairy tale
London Bridge
London Bridge is falling down.
The word sixpence does not rhyme with any other words. Sing a Song of Sixpence is an English nursery rhyme.
Rub-a-dub-dub
You are going to have to do the work yourself here. Pick any nursery rhyme you like, and write out the words. Then, just tell what the words seem to mean to you instead of what you've always been told that they mean.
Cross my heart and hope to die.
Tick Tock goes the clock. It originally, was a nursery rhyme (OK, it still is.), but then the Doctor Who team changed the words so that they fit the film. The first verse is original, although it talks about dying which i don't think is suitable for a nursery rhyme.
"and they began to cry, "Oh Mother dear, we sadly fear our mittens we have lost."
"Four and twenty," in other words 24.
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick Jack jumped over the candlestick