Rhyme Collection

Wee Willie Winkie. Source unknown

Humpty Dumpty. Source unknown

Flyaway Peter, Flyaway Paul

Boy blowing a dandelion clock

Nursery rhyme illustration. From Treasure (artwork dated 22 June)

Jack and Jill went up the hill

Little Tommy Tucker. Traditional nursery rhyme. Date: circa 1906

A number of rooks. Nursery rhyme. Date: circa 1918

Mary Mary Quite contrary. Nursery rhyme. Date: circa 1918

Nursery Rhymes -- fox in the snow
Nursery Rhymes -- a fox walking through a snowy landscape by moonlight. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- washday, horse and crow
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a man and a woman on wash day. Below -- a crow startles a horse so much that the two riders are thrown off. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- baby and drummer, lion
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a royal baby in a cradle is entertained by a drummer. Below -- an old lion lies on the ground. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Old Mother Hubbard. She went to the tailors to buy him a coat, but when she came back he was riding the goat. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- man fishing, boy on road
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a man fishing. Below -- a little boy walking along a road in the dusk. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- girl and boy, Punch and Judy
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a girl and a boy in a garden, with dolls. Below -- Mr Punch hits Judy on a beach, watched by his dog Toby. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- two travelling scenes

Nursery Rhymes -- couple arguing, blacksmith
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- an elderly couple argue in a bare room, with bags of gold and silver on the floor

Nursery Rhymes -- Mulberry Bush
Nursery Rhymes -- Here we go round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, Here we go round the mulberry bush, On a cold and frosty morning. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- daffodil lady, giant on sea shore
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a lady dressed as a daffodil is pulled along by three white mice. Below -- an ugly giant stands on the sea shore

Nursery Rhymes -- three illustrations

Nursery Rhymes -- Jack and Jill, Polly Flinders
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Jack and Jill falling down the hill. Below -- Little Polly Flinders sitting among the cinders. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Mary Had a Little Lamb. The lamb follows Mary to school, but the teacher chases the lamb away. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- bull and dog, giant snail
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a little dog runs away as a bull runs into a tree. Below -- people throw sticks and stones at a giant snail (Four-and-twenty tailors went to kill a snail)

Nursery Rhymes -- Jolly Miller, Tom Thumb

Nursery Rhymes -- boy in bed, beggars on road
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a little boy sits up in bed and looks out of the window. Below -- a group of beggars approach a town, to be met by hostile dogs (Hark, Hark)

Nursery Rhymes -- F, I, Z
Nursery Rhymes -- three illustrations for three letters of the alphabet. Showing a man ploughing a field, a white mouse sitting on someones hand with a head of wheat

Nursery Rhymes -- Men of Gotham, bakers shop
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Three Wise Men of Gotham went to sea in a bowl, and if the bowl had been stronger, my song would have been longer

Nursery Rhymes -- man on horse, royal scene

Nursery Rhymes -- old woman, pig on cart

Nursery Rhymes -- Old Mother Hubbard, Peter Piper
Nursery Rhymes. Old Mother Hubbard (above) -- She went to the tavern for white wine and red, and when she came back the dog stood on his head

Nursery Rhymes -- Robin Redbreast

Nursery Rhymes -- Ride a Cock Horse
Nursery Rhymes. An unidentified one (above), showing a man with a brush running into another mans bedroom. Below is a scene illustrating Ride a Cock Horse, showing the fine lady on her white horse

Nursery Rhymes -- Ding Dong Bell, Old King Cole
Nursery Rhymes. Above is Ding Dong Bell, with an unfortunate (or by this time fortunate) cat being pulled out of a well. Below is Old King Cole

Nursery Rhyme -- The Carrion Crow. A tailor sits sewing, and is irritated by a carrion crow making a noise in a tree. He aims at the crow with his crossbow

Nursery Rhymes -- foxhunters, Mary in her garden
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Three foxhunters find a hedgehog (above). Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? (below) early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go. A white cat catches Uncle Rat (above), and a white goose catches the Frog (below). early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- two birds, man and chimney
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a white cockatoo and a black crow. Below -- a man clings to a chimney. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- blowing horn, foxhunting
Nursery Rhymes, two illustrations. A man in blue pyjamas blows a horn in the snow by the light of the moon (above). Three men go foxhunting (below). early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- monkey, horse and cart, butcher
Nursery Rhymes -- three illustrations, showing a monkey falling from a tree, a horse pulling a cart full of sacks, and a butcher who has cut his hand on a knife. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- boy with slate, mice with cheese
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a boy sits doing sums on a slate while other boys play football. Below -- mice eating bread, cheese and an apple. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Tom the Pipers Son. Tom with his pipe did play with such skill, that those who heard him could never keep still; as soon as he played they began for to dance

Nursery Rhymes -- King and Knave, woman baking
Nursery Rhymes. The King of Hearts punishes the Knave for stealing the tarts (above). A woman bakes a pie (below). early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- accident, children in rain
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- an accident on a country road involving a pedestrian and a horse-drawn cart. Below -- a girl and boy shelter under a tree during a shower of rain

Nursery Rhymes -- Old Woman and Her Pig
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations, The Old Woman and Her Pig. The ox refuses to drink the water, so she asks the butcher to kill the ox, but he refuses

Nursery Rhymes -- Knave and Queen of Hearts
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- the Knave of Hearts takes a tart. Below -- the Queen of Hearts making her tarts. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Golden Egg
Nursery Rhymes -- two scenes from the Goose that laid the Golden Egg, showing Mother Goose and her owl outside her cottage (above), and two men on a country road with the golden egg (below)

Nursery Rhymes -- runaway horse, Tom the Pipers Son
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a woman on a runaway horse. Below -- Tom the Pipers Son stealing a pig. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Little Bo Peep, Simple Simon
Nursery Rhymes. Little Bo Peep with her sheep (above). Simple Simon fishing in a bucket (below). early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- cutting skirt, mouse-drawn cart
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- There was an old woman, as I ve heard tell, she went to market her eggs for to sell; she went to market all on a market day

Nursery Rhymes -- bull and dog, cockerel
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations, showing a bull tossing an unfortunate dog into the air, and a cock crowing at sunrise, waking all the farmyard animals. early 20th century

Cover design, Nursery Rhymes, showing Mother Goose flying through the air. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Jack Sprat, man in forest
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean. Below -- a man in a forest in a green costume. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Babes in the Wood

Nursery Rhymes -- man watching pigs in a sty
Nursery Rhymes -- a man watching pigs in a sty. In the first illustration the pigs are plump and happy, but in the second they are thin and crying. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- goblin and bats, bird stealing pipe
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a goblin and bats flying about the night sky by moonlight. Below -- a bird steals a plump mans pipe. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- children on ice, lady at grocer s

Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair. Said Simple Simon to the pieman, Let me taste your ware. Said the pieman to Simple Simon, Show me first your penny

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Bakers Man... 20th century

Two bonny blue eyes, a dear little nose, a pretty little mouth, and her name is Rose. A little boy pays court to a little girl who stands watering her garden. 20th century

Do you ever hear the fairies? You can hear them if you will, singing little songs of dream, when all the house is still. 20th century

Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie... 20th century

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn... Date: 19th century

What is your fortune, my pretty maid? My face is my fortune, Sir, she said. 20th century

The Cat Ran Up the Plum Tree... half a crown to fetch her down... 20th century

A little cock sparrow sat on a tree, singing so blithe, so happy was he. A little boy came with his bow and arrow, and said I will shoot that little cock sparrow

Old Mother Hubbard -- a cat version. circa early 20th century

Humpty Dumpty looking unhappy after his fall, with cracks all over his head. A soldier in the background looks on helplessly. 20th century

Hark Hark The Dogs Do Bark
Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark The beggars are coming to town Illustration of four beggars dressed in rags walking up a path towards a town, where many dogs are standing guard. c. 1905

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Nursery Rhyme
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row

Tom Tom The Pipers Son
Tom Tom the pipers son stole a pig and away he run Illustration of a boy with a black pig under his arm, running away pursued by dogs and people

Little Boy Blue, Come blow your horn, The sheeps in the meadow, The cows in the corn; An illustration depicting a boy dressed in blue and wearing a tricorn hat

Jack Sprat could eat no fat. His wife could eat no lean. And so between them both, you see, They licked the platter clean

Humpty Dumpty by Dorothy Wheeler

Mary had a Little Lamb
1920s style illustration of a girl carrying books on her way to school and looking down at the little lamb following her. c. 1922

Nursery Rhyme - Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill went up the Hill to fetch a pail of water

A Diller a Dollar, a Twelve O clock Scholar
Nursery rhyme illustration -- A Diller a Dollar, a Twelve O clock Scholar, what makes you come so soon? You used to come at ten o clock, and now you come at noon

Cock-a-doodle-doo! My dame has lost her shoe... Date: 19th century

Ride-a-Cock Horse to Banbury Cross... 20th century

Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle... 20th century

Hush-a-bye baby, thy cradle is green... 20th century

Three wise men of Gotham went to sea in a bowl. The bowl bended -- the story ended! 20th century

Young lambs to sell! Young lambs to sell! If I d as much money as I could tell I never would cry Young Lambs to sell! 20th century

Little Tommy Tittlemouse lived in a little house, He caught fishes for other mens dishes. 20th century

Girls & boys come out to play, the moon is shining bright as day... 20th century

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