London Bridge is falling down.
The nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock" contains only eight different words: hickory, dickory, dock, mouse, ran, clock, down, and one.
Because once there was only one bridge and that was the london bridge and that nursery rhyme is very old
Wee Willie Winkle is the only one I can think of.
Humpty Dumpty mentions horses. "All the king's horses and all the king's men..."
Yes, but only as an "end rhyme", meaning the last part of the words rhyme, not the whole words.
"The Grand Old Duke of York" is a traditional English nursery rhyme that tells the story of a fictional Duke who leads his troops up and down a hill only to march them back down again. The rhyme is believed to be a satire on the military leadership of the time, particularly poking fun at ineffectiveness and indecisiveness.
Only the "ey" at the end of both words rhyme. That makes them a "close rhyme" but they are different enough that they might not work in a poem as a rhyme.
The only thing that occurs to me is the word omerta, the Mafia rule of silence.
"Rainbow" and "indigo" are end rhymes, meaning only the end syllables of the words rhyme (in this case, "bow" and "go" rhyme).
The nursery rhyme "Jack Sprat" is about a wedded pair with different eating habits—one can only eat fat and the other can only eat lean. Together, they manage to maintain a balanced diet as Jack eats the lean and his wife eats the fat.
No, "Ring Around the Rosie" is a nursery rhyme that dates back to the late 19th century. The theory that it originated as a result of the Black Plague is considered a myth and not supported by historical evidence.
Only the "zy" rhymes, not the entire words.